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.
Very interesting the Newt has moved into 2nd place and that Romney had dropped to 3rd. It also shows the peoples distrust of the media in that Herman maintains the number one position. I like it and hope this is a truthful poll.
The biggest problem with Romney is that he has such a history of flip-flopping that he is like a roll of the dice. Nobody really has any idea what he will do regarding any situation. It matters not what he says in a debate, or in a commercial. It is irrelevant because he could flip or flop just when it hurts us the most.
How can you vote for a person like that? It makes no sense.
Newt Gingrich? The anti-Establishment candidate? Oh wow I don’t know what you are drinking.
They know he is behind in most polls, so they push some phony electability poll.
Romney is strong in the GOP machine because of his polling.
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. That will be very good news for Conservatives.
BenKenobi, I don’t care what anybody says about you, you are A-OK in my book!
Romney is not serious about his campaign. Hahahahaha...
About damn time.
I want to go to Iowa for the Cain campaign. Said so on his site. Still looking for a response. Does anybody have an in there?
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I think there is a lot to be said for that.
And also, the seriousness of the Freepers who will not, under any circumstance, vote for Romney. That sentiment will spread, and make sure we don’t get the hack.
I've been reading in the NYT, WP, LAT and hearing on CBS, NBC, ABC, CNN and MSNBC that:
1. Cain will never be President of anything.
2. Newt is unelectable.
So naturally these wonderful news organizations are just trying to give us a hand in making the obvious, and one would assume, winning choice, that guy Mitt WhatsHisName.
Am I missing something? Could all of these guys be wrong? Could they actually be telling us that someone is unelectable when in fact they know better? Could it be that they are really afraid of these "unelectable" candidates?
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http://askville.amazon.com/President-Vice-President-USA-state/AnswerViewer.do?requestId=18135791
I expect at least five more shills to come out with claims against Cain.
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