[Windflier]

Herman Cain has zero record to base his words on.

Perhaps he has no political record, but he's certainly got a long and impressive resume. Yes, he's got a record. Just not in politics.

The last poll I saw had Cain and Romney tied at 21% and Perry and Newt virtually tied at around 11-12 percent.

You must not have been watching the race all that closely for the last month or so. All of those numbers have shifted drastically. Cain is running around 30%, Romney around 24%, Newt about 21%, and Perry's around 8%.

Perry is sliding into oblivion because of his terrible debate performances, and because voters have had time to do their own vetting. He's just not doing a good job selling himself, and voters aren't all that impressed with what they're finding on their own.

[normy]

The last two national polls released had Cain and Romney virtually tied. One was 27-28 and one was 21-21.

The same polls had Gingrich 13 to Perry 10 and Gingrich 12-Perry 11.

I look at the state polls and they are really odd. While Perry looks like he's bombing, the Obama vs. Perry is virtually the same as Obama vs. any of the candidates.