Posted on 10/12/2011 12:37:00 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Businessman Herman Cain has risen to the top of a national poll of Republican primary voters, upending the GOP field yet again this cycle.
Cain has the support of 30 percent of Republicans in the Public Policy Polling survey, trailed by Mitt Romney at 22 percent, Newt Gingrich at 15 percent, and Rick Perry at 14 percent. Cain is also the second choice of 24 percent of those polled — the highest of any candidate.
In a two-person race, Romney would lead Perry 48-38, Cain would lead Romney 48-36, and Cain would destroy Perry 55-27.
The poll was conducted before last night's Washington Post-Bloomberg debate, in which Cain alienated some members of the tea party (his largest constituency) by saying he admired Alan Greenspan's leadership of the Federal Reserve.
PPP has a checkered history with polling — and this poll has a VERY large 4.5 percent margin of error — so don't read too much into this just yet.
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I respect her tremendously, but I do not believe she has a reasonable chance of winning. Too bad.
Blargh - ROMNEY, not Perry.
The 12th Amendment makes this
The 12th Amendment disincentivizes the nomination of both halves of the ticket from the same state by requiring that the electors of that state not vote for both. If both were from Wyoming or RI or Alaska, which have only one congressman and therefore only 3 electoral votes, the disincentive would scarcely matter in the context of 535 total electors, with 268 required for election, the difference of one or two electoral votes might not be a show stopper if you were confident of the drawing power of the VP candidate you had in mind.And especially if you were confident of having a majority of the state delegations of the House and a majority in the Senate.
Its a bit silly but I would still pick him over Obama the community organizer.
So much for the idea that only Perry could beat Romney, we heartless racists supporting Cain sure are getting uppity!
“The Perry fangirls need to talk their guy out of the race and quit siphoning votes from Herman Cain.”
Or else they must want Romney to win! A vote for Perry is a vote for Romney!
God it feels good to turn that around on them!
Hi Noob! Your campaign against Herman Cain is apparent. Which campaign are you working for, and are you a paid hack or a volunteer?
That would be pretty easy for Newt. He has been living outside of GA for years. I think he actually has a house in Fairfax County, VA.
Why would he have any need for Newt?Gingrich is an almost perfect complement for Cain. Cain's major problem (if it is that) is he lacks experience as an elected official. Gingrich was probably the best Speaker of the House we've had in a long time.
Also, Gingrich is brilliant, a wonderful debater and is, by and large, an acceptable candidate (IMHO). He has considerable personal baggage, and I would not want him at the top of the ticket, but as VP, he would be terrific!
I honestly think that Cain/Gingrich might be the best ticket we could hope for.
Also, it would be so much fun to watch Cain and Gingrich mop up the floor with Obama and Biden during the debates (if Obama and Biden had the nerve to even show up).
That's just my opinion. You are certainly free to disagree.
The Wall Street Journal found PPP to be the most accurate pollster of the 2008 presidential election. Nate Silver, a respected statistician and founder of FiveThirtyEight has also found PPP to be one of the more accurate pollsters in recent times. PPP correctly predicted all six Wisconsin recall elections this year, even the races that Democrats lost. They’ve also correctly called all the special elections this year.
Golly....that sounds pretty “respectable” to me. I will however feel better about Cains’ chances when Rasmussen has him out front as I’ve always held Scott in high regard.
It was impossible to pay attention to anything Ron Paul said with that hairy brown caterpillar creeping down over his eyelid. Very distracting. Why would a guy like Ron Paul wear fake eyebrows? ROFLMAO!
Hey, if you really want to get a ticket that would have liberal heads exploding left and right (ok, just left), then Cain/Rubio would do the job! After all, such a ticket could only happen from a bunch of racists like conservative Republicans or is that reverse racists like conservative Republicans or something like that, anyway. And of course what makes it all even worse, these two are bona fide conservatives who are extremely articulate and straight shooters, uh, I mean straight talkers.
Welcome to FR, who is your candidate?
Rubio is a lawyer. He is not a businessman or a rocket scientist.
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OH Boy...
My dreams are coming true!!!!
I adore this man.
Yes he would, but I don't think he would be the right pick for several reasons.
IMHO, the logical pick for Newt is a senior senator on the armed services committee. Someone that's been there a while, is respected in Washington (and knows how to work the Washington system), won't stick their foot in their outh, and is respected on both sides of the aisle when it comes to foreign policy. Someone like (barf alert--just an example) Sen. Lindsy Graham.
Another poll just came out too, so the PPP is right in line
Cain 28% Romney 19%
Another poll just came out too, so the PPP is right in line
Cain 28% Romney 19%
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