Posted on 10/20/2011 9:18:58 AM PDT by justsaynomore
Thursday, October 20, 2011
Reflecting national trends, businessman Herman Cain has now jumped to the front of the Republican pack in Iowa.
A new Rasmussen Reports telephone survey of Likely Iowa caucus-goers shows that Cain is in front with 28% followed by former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney at 21%. Congressman Ron Paul is a distant third at 10% followed by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at 9%, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann at 8%, and Texas Governor Rick Perry at 7%. The sixth place finish for Perry is a sharp decline from early September when Perry was the frontrunner both nationally and in Iowa.
Cain doesn’t have an election machine in Iowa so it is not possible he could win. /sarc
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I note the /sarc but organization is, I hear, very important in Iowa. If the polls hold steady until January then it seems entirely plausible that Romney’s superior organization and deeper pockets could eat into that 8 point advantage enjoyed by Cain. Romney could still win Iowa.
Cain 28%, Perry 7%. Being a Perry-bot has GOT to hurt!
Amazing how Perry jumped to the top without saying a word then started talking and crashed and burned fast. He must have never debated before in his life.
MAN! if we could get DeMint on that ticket with CAIN....
. . .Only one-third of the caucus-goers (32%) are certain of their vote and don’t expect to change their mind. Among these voters, 30% prefer Cain, 22% Romney, and 17% Paul.
is telling. It's a wide open game.
My concern however is that Cain was a head of a federal reserve bank, meaning he may be a soft money soft headed Keynsian inflationist and believes in bailing out the banks.
Just watched the Pierce Morgan interview with Cain.
Nothing new, except the story about how Cain had to wait to get his hair cut at the barber, and even though it was ALL black barbers, he was still not allowed to get a haircut there.
He was given the choice go across to the other side of the tracks for a haircut at the “black” barber. What he ended up doing was go to SEARS and buy himself a pair of hair clippers, and, since that day, he’s always cut his OWN HAIR!! STILL does!!
It had me in TEARS. The man has tremendous character — as do all of the black Americans who had to endure such crap in our country during that time. But Herman didn’t get mad, or hold a grudge — he just indepdently did what he HAD to do to get his hair cut.
THIS is what we SO desperately need — a president who sets the example. You run into adversity? Don’t whine, don’t blame, don’t give up ...just push through, do what you have to do, and OVERCOME.
Contrast that w/ the whiny punk in the WH now ...there is just NO comparison. NONE!!!
AGREED!!!
Definitely, our guy needs to get up to speed with not mis-speaking to the press, but the beauty of Cain is that he’s NOT had years of practice with this stuff like the other politicians. I do agree with the author, though, that he’s definitely making too many mistakes and the honeymoon won’t last forever so he better learn this stuff fast.
Not real familiar with the author of this blog, but being an Iowa Republican myself, I can certify that the state leadership is in the tank for Romney, as they always have been for the establishment candidates. The good news is that the rank and file don’t pay too much attention to the leadership.
I also focused on the rule about turning in two ballots to a notary at a time. Either way the entire suburban Chicago Congressional Districts will have Cain on the ballot no doubt.
9-9-9 has good points and bad, and ultimately, I think a final solution could be a heavily modified version of the plan.
However, what I do like, is that Herman has a giant “set” of something most of the GOP has apparently had removed, by simply being willing to address the problem.
I haven't seen that one. Very good!
Awesome - thanks!
Grandma, answers to questions you pose in posts 30, 32 and 35.....
NOPE, NOPE & NOPE
This is an establishment hit piece. When you compare these issue’s to the track record and issue’s being raised against Perry and Romney.
I say Herman Cain is the most conservative and most trust worthy of the top three republican front runners.
I’ll take Cain and I am sure many others will come to the same conclusion.
I know it’s a pipe dream, but in a sane world, Cain would get more of the black vote than Obama, simply by virtue of his “authenticity” in life.
I mean, if you’re a financially strapped black parent, which person would you rather your kids look up to?
A. A guy whose father never lived in the US more than a few years, and whose WHITE mother pawned him off on his RICH WHITE grandparents in Hawaii, who then proceeded to live overseas for a while, and live a very yuppified lifestyle...
B. a guy who grew up in inner-city Atlanta, to a poor black AMERICAN family, living during segregation, then, through good old fashioned hard work, would then go to college, graduate, turn around several business, and become a SELF-MADE millionaire...
Mr. Cain’s attitude regarding abortion matches mine. I don’t approve of it but what right do I have to stop someone else from doing it? Certainly not the right of government to interfere. Where is the fallacy in this position? As far as gun control goes, what’s wrong with states having final say on guns? The 2nd amendment tells the feds to stay out of it. Cain misspeaks at times but so does everyone - he’s still going to be our next President.
i agree.
the rino establishment (kissinger, bushes, rove, pe-rino, et al) does not want a conservative.
later i think sarah palin will come out to electrify audiences for cain.
I actually don’t believe that is his stance. Cain has made it clear in the past that he would support and sign pro-life legislation, appoint pro-life Supreme Court judges and defund planned parenthood.
I’m not worried about where he stands on this issue.
I have been following the Cain’s campaign closely over the past few weeks, and I can say confidently that I will vote for Cain.
I know Cain is not a perfect candidate, but who is? I am strongly in favor of either a Cain/Ginrich or Cain/Perry ticket.
“[Perry], and his [tiny group of lady] supporters here on FR, should not take it for granted that [Perry] is[n’t] going to win Iowa [and] that [Perry] cannot win.”
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