Posted on 09/29/2011 12:15:33 PM PDT by Liz
Thanks to his disastrous debate performance last week, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has fallen behind Mitt Romney in the latest poll of likely voters in the GOP presidential primary.
Wednesday's Fox News poll shows Perry with 21 percent, behind Romney with 23 percent. Herman Cain is third with 17 percent. The poll’s margin of error is ± 3 percent. (UPDATED POLL shows Perry is fourth in a poll of likely Iowa caucus-goers, behind Romney, Michele Bachmann and “undecided.”
While one poll isn’t a trend and it will take additional polls to confirm the findings, the results seem to indicate that Perry’s poor debate performance may have done more damage to the Perry campaign than originally thought.
Perry has attempted to mitigate the damage from that debate by claiming that he is truer to conservative principles, even if Romney is the more avuncular debater.
As part of that damage control effort, CNN reported that Perry has also participated in telephone-townhalls with conservative activists in Iowa and South Carolina, where he again tried to explain his positions on immigration, border security and the controversial HPV vaccinations that he mandated.
To top it all off, Perry told a conservative blog earlier today that he may have been over the top in his description of critics of the Texas DREAM Act, walking back from his earlier comments at the debate where he said that critics of the program did not “have a heart.”
Read the full poll results here (LINK at web site).
there is no joy in Whitehouse Station, NJ today
That, and more people are looking at his record, which doesn't indicate conservative.
Your link is dead Liz. Looks like your boy is going to be the nominee after all.
Time for Herman Cain to come on strong.
Whoo Hoo! This is going to be easier than Romney ever thought! This should be over early, right after Q3 and Iowa. Romney thanks us that’s for sure. Now back to harrumphing against Rick—where did we leave off? Oh yes,
we were on immigration distortions and instate tuition for those waiting and applying for citizenship. GAD.
If true, that Cain has name recognition with only 50% of people, he can climb much higher. Long way to go in the primary process.
Wrong-—that link works perfectly. Here, I’ll even make it easier for sub-par surfers:
http://www.dallasvoice.com/perry-falls-romney-1090746.html
PING
IT isn’t because of his POOR DEBATE...it’s because he’s PRO-ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT....and is aiding and abetting them in many ways.
Speaking of distortions, yours is showing here:
“instate tuition for those waiting and applying for citizenship”
It also shows in the way Perry supporters portray the opt out as simple or reasonable and fail to mention his calling the legislature murderers for killing his mandatory vaccine.
Jesus, Liz are you coming out of the closet? That’s one hellofa site you link to for your reference > Dallas Premier LGBT website?????
There went Liz’s credibility >>>>>>>> ZOOOOM.
After clicking your link, I better call Norton to see about a pressure wash for my puter!!!!!
I call that very good news. It won't be long...
Here come the Perry worshippers foaming at the mouth.
If he’s such a great candidate, how come he screwed himself by stupidly attacking the self-same voters he needs to win?
A candidate w/ presidential pretensions, who considers himself fit to sit in the WH, would do no such thing.
So the Texas GLBT community thinks Romney
is more avuncular or is that Perry's word ?
Oh wow! Did you all know we have such POWER here at Free Republic? All we have to do is post some comments telling the truth about a candidate and he is TOAST. It has NOTHING to do with his record, his position on issues, his behavior!
NO it ALL revolves around some posters at Free Republic posting the truth about a candidate and it destroys his candidacy!
QUICK EVERYONE post something about 0! Post something critical about Romney!! Then we can destroy them too!
It seems that you are very happy. Now are you still going to go after
Perry even when you consider him finished? Romney sends you his thanks.
Rickey the RINO is going down!
Ok so you think that Perry is finished. Now what do you want to do about Romney? Or are you still going to be fixated on attacking the already finished Perry?
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