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Posted on 10/18/2011 1:47:02 PM PDT by BarnacleCenturion
PPP (D) Ohio 2012 GOP Primary Survey
- Herman Cain 34% [10%] (13%)
- Mitt Romney 19% [20%] (23%)
- Newt Gingrich 14% [8%] (16%)
- Ron Paul 7% [8%] (13%)
- Michele Bachmann 6% [14%] (11%)
- Rick Perry 5% [21%]
- Jon Huntsman 1% [1%] (0%)
- Rick Santorum 1%
- Gary Johnson 0%
- Someone else/Not sure 12% [16%] (18%)
Would you say you are strongly committed to that candidate, or might you end up supporting someone else?
- Strongly committed to that candidate 29%
- Might end up supporting someone else 71%
Second Choice
- Herman Cain 17%
- Newt Gingrich 14%
- Mitt Romney 13%
- Michele Bachmann 11%
- Rick Perry 10%
- Ron Paul 5%
- Jon Huntsman 1%
- Rick Santorum 1%
- Gary Johnson 1%
- Someone else/Not sure 27%
If the Republican race for President came down to Mitt Romney and Herman Cain, who would you vote for?
- Herman Cain 50%
- Mitt Romney 36%
If the Republican race for President came down to Herman Cain and Rick Perry, who would you vote for?
- Herman Cain 58%
- Rick Perry 24%
If the Republican race for President came down to Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, who would you vote for?
- Mitt Romney 50%
- Rick Perry 35%
Favorable / Unfavorable {Net}
- Herman Cain 68% [41%] / 13% [20%] {+55%}
- Newt Gingrich 56% (42%) {46%} [53%] / 32% (34%) {29%} [27%] {+24%}
- Mitt Romney 55% [52%] (55%) {53%} [53%] / 33% [30%] (25%) {26%} [25%] {+22%}
- Michele Bachmann 46% [52%] / 32% [26%] {+14%}
- Rick Perry 40% [50%] / 42% [15%] {-2%}
- Ron Paul 32% / 49% {-17%}
Do you consider yourself to be a member of the Tea Party?
- Yes 33%
- No 54%
Survey of 500 usual Republican primary voters was conducted October 13-16, 2011. The margin of error is +/- 4.4 percentage points. Political ideology: 37% [41%] (38%) {34%} Very conservative; 36% [38%] (39%) {46%} Somewhat conservative; 18% [16%] (17%) {16%} Moderate; 7% [4%] (4%) {3%} Somewhat liberal; 2% [1%] (2%) {1%} Very liberal. Results from the poll conducted August 11-14, 2011 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted May 19-22, 2011 are in parentheses. Results from the poll conducted March 10-13, 2011 are in curly brackets. Results from the poll conducted December 10-12, 2010 are in square brackets. Results from the poll conducted October 28-30, 2010 are in parentheses.
“Get my drift? Herman Cain recommended a retail sales tax at the federal level. He never recommended a VAT tax.”
“The misunderstanding concerns the third component. Most media reports, taking the lead from Cain’s own terminology, continue to describe it as a business or corporate tax or even as a tax on corporate profits. Yet, the tax is actually a value added tax (VAT), a fact confirmed by the economic analysis circulated by Cain’s campaign.”
http://blog.american.com/2011/10/cains-9-9-9-tax-plan-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
In short, Cain recommended a national retail sales tax and a separate tax that de facto is a VAT. Get my drift?
That said, he is without a doubt the smartest person, the most knowledgable person, in any debate and more important, he has a clear conservative understanding of what the policy should be. I wish Herman Cain would avoid some of his uncertainties---which naturally comes from not being in Washington having briefing papers handed to you every day.
I think what Newt also shows is how incredibly STUPID Obama really is---to be inundated with this stuff daily and still not "get it" on ANY major policy.
Based on history, I’d give 2:1 that he endorses Romney. I don’t think that’s who he’d LIKE to endorse, but he’ll be convinced to do so by party power brokers.
Hank
Ouch! The "anti-Romney" isn't even "electable" in the hypothetical "two-way race" with flip-flop Mitt that the Perrydactyls would always insist is going to materialize.
Since Mr. "Electable" can't even beat an uber-RINO if ALL the other candidates dropped out, it's time he really read the writing on the wall and hung up his Presidential campaign. We don't need this guy splitting the conservative vote during the primaries. I predicted monthes ago that Perry's presence in the race would just muddy up the race with more mediocre candidates and split the conservative vote further.
But isn't it cute how his the perrydactyls tried to claim that Cain is "running to be Romney's VP"? Perry has alot more in common with Romney and would be far more responsible for nomination than the guy polling AHEAD of Romney. Looks the the "Cain = Romney VP" talking point is dead. I wonder what new talking point they'll unveil on Monday?
Romney attacked Perry on Social Security from the left. Then Perry (counter-)attacked Romney on illegal immigration from the left. And Perry has no idea how to debate even when he has plenty of time to prepare..
If this is our choice we are screwed.
A ticket of Romney and Perry would be uninspired to say the least.
Never believe PPP. It is run by liberal democrats. They always have on top the candidate they think Obama can beat.
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