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Posted on 11/13/2011 2:58:45 PM PST by Steelfish
NOVEMBER 13, 2011 WSJ/NBC Poll: Cain, Perry Woes Bolster Romney and Gingrich
By Jonathan Weisman
A week of turmoil in the race for the Republican presidential nomination has damaged Herman Cain and devastated Texas Gov. Rick Perry, all apparently to the benefit of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, according to new polling numbers from the Wall Street Journal/NBC News survey. (The full results are here.)
Republican presidential hopefuls (L-R), Herman Cain, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Perry at the South Carolina Presidential Debate at Wofford College Saturday. (Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images) The Journal/NBC News polling team late last week went back to re-interview Republican primary voters who had taken the Journal/NBC poll earlier this month. The results of 102 interviews, while not scientifically conclusive, are instructive.
Among those recontacted, 32% now say they favor Mr. Romney for president, up from 27% when they were surveyed between Nov. 2 and Nov. 5. During that earlier canvas, those 102 Republican voters favored former pizza executive Mr. Cain over Mr. Romney in a head-to-head race 51% to 47%. That same group now favors Mr. Romney 56%-43%.
Mr. Perry’s debate memory lapse last Wednesday may have taken an even greater toll. At the debate in Michigan, Mr. Perry asserted he would eliminate three federal cabinet agencies if elected, then spent nearly a minute trying to remember the third. Some seasoned commentators called it the worst debate gaffe they had ever seen.
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Wow a sample of a whole 102 people! My yes that is a SERIOUS poll. /s yes it is really instructive...on just how desperate the Media is to sell Romney to us
LOL, if that national poll of 347 wasn’t BS enough..now we have a poll of.....102!!!
The MSM is pimping Romney hard. So they come out with a push poll for their favorite GOP candidate.
Its all in the hard sell, stupid.
I ain’t votin’ for Rumniey no matter what! NO MORE RINOs for this kid.
For any level of accuracy they must either do a new poll or re-poll the same people meaning the same total of observations. They would get a D- in a statistics class with this kind of crap...and this is basic statistics nothing complex.
ABC pulled the same crap this weekend, but their data showed Cain barely down by -1. They really pissed.
Here is an interesting site with all state #s, I am sure it is a cain supporter do not know the affiliation with the HC camgaign.
http://hermancainexpress.com/activism/polling.aspx
I like Newt, one of my personal choices, but I’m concerned. His working knowledge of our political landscape is second to none, but his biggest drawback is that he lacks mass appeal. Obama is a perfect example of how appeal can trump substance; radical as hell, zero experience, but he connected with voters. Newt could win the nomination - I’d support him 100% - but I have doubts he will strike a chord with voters outside of the GOP base. Fair or not, the MSM will stereotype him as the old, boring, elitist Republican & it’s only a matter of time before they air his dirty laundry. Reagan was equally intelligent, but his passion & charisma - his innate ability to relate to the common man - is why he captured independents and “Reagan Democrats.” People want to be inspired, not talked down to. If it wasn’t for the media’s attacks on Cain, who led nationally (still does) & Iowa by double digits, would Newt even be in contention as the choice of his own party?
Not to mention if the majority of people that you contact are RINOs, then this poll result explains itself.
Yes, indeed. It’s all about putting out favorable number to their desired Republican candidate. I totally agree. Statistics can be manipulated to produce the result you want under a given set of circumstances.
In college I learned, there are lies, damned lies and statistics.
You can make the math come out the way you want. I’d hazard a good guess given the sample size in this poll, it isn’t statistically significant.
So the purported Slick Willard lead in reality means nothing.
Yes, indeed. The numbers that count are at the ballot box. We will indeed see in January.
How about this cord??? A little remedial education
First Amend, NOT!!!
Newt Gingrich Co-Sponsored the 1987 Pro-Fairness Doctrine Bill
http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/04/29/newt-gingrich-co-sponsored-the-1987-pro-fairness-doctrine-bill/
Howard Dean Endorses Newt
http://articles.cnn.com/2010-07-25/politics/gingrich.dean_1_newt-gingrich-gingrich-candidacy-howard-dean?_s=PM:POLITICS
Stop the Insanity say no to Newt
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2011-11-10/politics/30381368_1_newt-gingrich-conservatives-herman-cain
Newt with his BFFS Princess Pelosi, Kerry and Al Sharpton
http://www.mofopolitics.com/2011/11/09/friendly-reminder-newt-gingrich-is-a-rino-wimp-and-a-scumbag/
Newt loves HC mandates always has
http://www.forbes.com/sites/rickungar/2011/05/13/newt-gingrich-long-time-supporter-of-health-insurance-mandates/3/
Attention GOP!
I will NOT vote for Romney. I don't care what you do. I don't care how hard you whine. I don't care what type of guilt trip you try to pull. We have ObamaCare now because Romney fired the first shot.
That is all.
He's 0bama's wet dream. A Romney candidacy is GOP permission to go forward with ObamaCare. In fact I'm starting to think that might be the point.
Either by debating Obama or Barack dodging debates with Newt, Newt will gain that broader appeal.
Newt can place effective ads to go over the head of the MSM.
All the MSM act like Cain is on the way down, but he is still rising in MOST polls:
In Iowa, Cain has gone from being behind behind Romney by 3 points in a CNN/Time Poll taken 10/20 - 10/25 to being ahead by 4 points in an Insider Advantage Poll taken 11/8.
In Florida, Cain has gone from being behind behind Romney by 12 points in a CNN/Time Poll taken 10/20 - 10/25 to being ahead by 6 points in Rasmussen Reports poll conducted 11/8 - 11/8.
In South Carolina, Cain has gone from being behind behind Romney by 2 points in a CNN/Time Poll taken 10/20 - 10/25 and behind 2 points in a Clemson poll taken 10/27 - 11/7 to being ahead by 7 points in an Insider Advantage Poll taken 11/8.
In Ohio, Cain has increased his lead from 5 points over Romney in a Quinnipiac poll taken 10/31 - 11/7 to a 14 point lead over Romney taken 11/4- 11/6.
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