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Posted on 11/07/2011 10:36:44 AM PST by Qbert
A new poll of Iowa voters shows Herman Cain maintaining support among Republicans in the state, leading Newt Gingrich - who has been surging in recent polls - by a 22 percent to 18 percent margin. Mitt Romney rounds out the top three with 15 percent of those surveyed, according to a We Ask America poll released Monday.
Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul also cracked double digits, each receiving 11 percent of the vote. Rick Perry led the remainder of the field with just 4 percent, while Rick Santorum (3 percent) and Jon Huntsman (2 percent) brought up the rear.
The We Ask America findings contrast with an Insider Advantage poll released Sunday that showed the former Godfather's Pizza CEO leading with 30 percent of respondents, and Gingrich in third with 12 percent of supporters. But Insider Advantage found Romney with an identical 15 percent of support.
Those numbers may validate popular narratives that Cain is slipping as allegations involving sexual harassment charges during his time as president of the National Restaurant Association have surfaced, while Romney is unable to attract Republicans beyond his core constituency. Gingrich, the conventional wisdom goes, could be where conservative Republicans defect if Cain proves untenable.
But there were some encouraging signs for Cain. 17 percent of women chose Cain, despite the allegations - more than any candidate other than Romney. And Cain's support seems concentrated among older Republicans, who traditionally are among the most likely to vote.
YES! Now if Perry and Paul will just pass him too! Romney should be down with the also rans, not a serious candidate.
BAM!
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15 seconds. How’s that for a response time?
The Fall of Myth Remulak!
LOL!!! I love it! :-)
Just great!
C’mon Newt.
WOO-HOO!
This just can’t be! Mitten’s was promised it was his turn! /s
I don’t think it matters who passes Romney so long as his campaign sinks.
I get the impression that Huntsman will try to go after him in this week’s debate. Doubt it’ll get him anywhere, but it will give Slick Willard’s checkered past some much-needed attention.
WOO-HOO!
Where’s that jpg of Romney sitting on the couch, in his robe, holding some booze?
I prefer Huntsman to Romney any day. at least Huntsman is honest about his beliefs.
We’ve moved from “anybody but Romney” to “anybody but the establishment Candidate”.
Cain & Romney have dropped.
Gingrich, Paul, & Bachmann have risen.
Perry, Huntsman, & Santorum are treading water.
It’s pretty clear the moode isn’t just anti-Romney. The mood is anti-establishment. Nobody that could be described as an establishment candidate added supporters.
This is especially bad news for Perry. It shows that his biggest problem is voters consider him an establishment guy in a year when the GOP voters are looking outside the establishment.
Awesome!
If we can get his numbers down lower then third place a lot of his support is going to migrate to other candidates.
Romney is the true "flavor of the month" candidate since most of his support is Establishments GOP voters who only want to win in 2012. The GOP machine is telling them he can win so that is who they are for.
If Romney starts looking like a loser a good chunk of Romney support in the GOP will jump ship
And Huntsman hasn't flip flopped on being pro-life or on being pro-self defene. Romney has.
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