[Solaia]

This gets me wonder 2 scary things.

1) Obama ads are attacking Romney. I haven’t seen a negative ad about any other candidate except him. Why do you think that is?

2) Obama seems to ignore Cain despite polls providing evidence that he should not. Why?

Is Cain just a niche candidate? Loved here, but essentially unknown to the average voter?

As much as I like Cain, I’m starting to think he’s nothing more than a novelty. Pity.

I know he's raised a decent amount of money, but nothing like what he'll need for a general election. What am I missing here?

[TexasFreeper2009]

online poll = garbage

[Paladin2]

What about “among conservatives”?

[thatdewd]

Eh, a reuters ‘poll’...Herman Cain eats those for breakfast!

[Amntn]

Where is Obama running ads against Romney? Why would he be running ads during the Republican primary season?

[RKBA Democrat]

More disinformation. I’d ignore it. The only poll that metters is the one taken on election day.

Pre-election polls are getting less accurate over time as fewer people are willing to respond to them.

[Timber Rattler]

Garbage online poll.

[meatloaf]

If you had been here longer you’d already know the answers. Perhaps you should do some research first.

The things you need to know about Romney is:

1. He’s not a conservative.

2. His poll numbers plateaued and aren’t improving.

3. He can’t carry the South.

4. He’s a loser.

[no dems]

I’m thinking that since it’s 51 days (counting today) until the Iowa Caucuses, anything can still happen. 51 days in politics is an eternity. After the Iowa Caususes, I think you will see 4 candidates still in the race and polls will start to mean something then, and only then. I predict the survivors of Iowa will be: Romney, Gingrich, Cain and Paul. Possibly one more; who might do better in Iowa than people think he will, Rick Santorum. Then, NH and SC will weed out all but two. From there, I’m thinking it will be Romney and Newt or Romney and Cain. Paul will still be a player, but an insignificant one. Then, polls will take on a new meaning.

Comments? Anyone?

[Jemian]

Pish tosh.

[mountainlion]

It appears to me that the demoRats have chosen Romeny as the republican candidate. He would be a good RINO candidate. We have a year to watch this soap opera.

[Jemian]

Are you a concern troll?

[Usagi_yo]

Don’t care. I will *never* vote for Romney. I’m rooting for Cain or Gingrich.

[bossmechanic]

Consider the source - Reuters.
They are nothing but Obama pimps so they minimize Cain and attack Romney or any other running RINO competition.
BTW, I’m banned from Reuters posting so you know where I’m coming from.
Cain/Gingrich ‘12

[Cato in PA]

If online polls were worth a damn, Ron Paul would have a double-digit lead in almost every state.

[pcottraux]

Romney is in the same spot that Giuliani was in during the 2008 race. AND Hillary Clinton. And Howard Dean in the ‘04 Democrat primaries.

Don’t worry about it. These races are volatile and anything can change between now and the first voting.

[deport]

A simple answer, Yes or No.

Do you support Romney for the GOP Primary nomination?

[aruanan]

Romney has clear lead among Republicans

Except for most of the polls where he doesn't.

2) Obama seems to ignore Cain despite polls providing evidence that he should not. Why?

Because, like other potential threats (Hillary and those in Illinois), he plans to knock them off, one way or another, before crunch time. There is NO way in the world, in the small, dark, devious world of what passes for his mind, that he's going to have to run against a 100% black guy from a whole family who's also an American success story who wants to dismantle everything Barry has stood for and then have voters say, "Why did we try the dietetic version first instead of the real thing? Diet versions of the real thing suck."

He doesn't want to see, "As Carter was to Reagan, so Obama was to Cain." He will do literally anything to prevent this, whether at his own hand or that of a Chicago subordinate. Does anyone really think that the administration that deliberately put thousands of guns into the hands of the Mexican criminal drug cartels, that hires tax cheats in violation of their own professed ethics rules, that shovels billions of dollars of taxpayer money into the hands of political cronies will hesitate to try to eliminate the threat Cain poses, and that gets House and Senate leaders to pass bills unread and undebated? And who knows how many other Penn States they have at their fingertips to clutter the news cycle with chaff to obscure what they're up to?

[MNJohnnie]

You mistake is beliving a Reuters poll. Returers has a long history of push polling.

Here is a more accurate image of the race

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/us/republican_presidential_nomination-1452.html

In addition, the reason 0 does not attack Cain is he knows Karl Rove and the GOP Establishment Media is all ready doing his job for him in regards to Cain

[Toadman]

Obama seems to be ignoring all the GOP primary candidates. I haven’t seen one Obama political ad (unless you count every time he speaks), but specifically I haven’t seen one ad against Romney.

Romney is not a conservative. So he’ll lose the conservative vote if he’s selected as the GOP candidate. The Republicans will lose the presidential election. Again. Conservatives learned their lesson with McCain.

The Union League Club aristocracy think that if they force Mitt down our throat, we’ll grudgingly vote for him in the general election. I don’t believe it will happen this time. If only folks like Rove would throw their weight behind a conservative, imagine the momentum that would be generated. Instead they savage conservative candidates and alienate themselves from (I’m guessing) a third of voting population.

If it takes letting Obama have another 4 years to ruin the Nation, then so be it. Let the GOP wither, and Tea Party Prosper.

[Caipirabob]

Welcome to Free Republic.

Concerned, are you?