Posted on 11/11/2011 12:31:08 PM PST by Rick_Michael
--In the Republican race for the presidential nomination, Newt Gingrich’s support continues to slowly grow, and he is now tied with Mitt Romney for second place, while Herman Cain just edges both of them out for the top spot. Both Cain and Romney have lost support since late October.
--But the race could still change; seven in 10 Republican primary voters say it is still too early to say for sure which candidate they will support.
--Cain has lost support among women since late October. Then, he led among women, garnering 28% of their support. Now, his support among women is just 15%. He has also lost ground with conservatives, from 30% to 23% now. And there has been some movement among Tea Party supporters as well; their support for Cain has declined from 32% to 19%. Romney has lost support among men, while Gingrich’s support among that group has increased 8 points
And Rick Perry at 8% in 4th place.
And easy call if you want to repeat the same mistake Conservatives made with Bush. So once again we should repeat the same mistake we made in 2000 thinking a glib slick talking old GOP Establishment water boy is going to go to DC and act like a Conservative.
I heard today that Herman Cain had been offered a compromise.
Only TEN lashes if he returns to the Democrat Plantation voluntarily - NOW....
1) Notwithstanding the possible links with the enemy camp with this Bailek woman, I think Cain could be doing a much better job of publicly demanding specific times and dates and telling her and the media that until she does so, to put up or shut up and stop wasting his and the American people's time with this stuff.
2) The feeling that he may not be listening to the problems with the last "9" of his "999" plan - the introduction of a whole new tax with out repealing the 16th amendment and income tax first.
Gingirch is the debater extraordinaire. The problem I have with Gingrich is his past. Has he really laid out before the American people with a clear repentance and change of heart, his moral failings of an extramarital affair while in Congress and his admitted (in Congress, not necessarily directly to the American people) Congressional indiscretions. Why should the American people give him POTUS with anything less than that? He also seems sort of arrogant and "smarter than thou." And I'm not sure how consistent he is behind the scenes.
Dang man, what will it take to get Palin back into this? We're steaming full speed ahead at night through an ice field and you can smell the icebergs.
If Newt wins the nomination, I’m Ok with it, but he wouldn’t be my first choice. I just want to beat Obama. (politically, leftists)
How's that? If those polls are all bogus, then when people go into the polls and vote for the person they really want, that person will be elected.
So many otherwise sensible conservatives follow these polls at RCP looking for trends??? Just blows my mind
The RCP average was almost dead-on in the 2008 election. How did they manage that if they just made up the numbers?
Obviously, not every poll is accurate, and there are certainly outliers. But that doesn't mean that polling does not give us a better idea of where things stand than we would otherwise have.
Don't get me wrong -- polling does not affect which candidate I support. But for purposes of discussion only -- which is what a forum is -- they have value.
Why does anyone thing Newt, who has more political baggage then any of the other candidates, is going to beat 0?
Really think running the one candidate who can be painted as “part of the GOP Establishment that wrecked the economy” by the 0bama Media machine is going to beat 0?
I like Newt, but I’m not writing Perry off either. I think he did a good job using his brain fart over the Dept of Energy to get on talk shows where comes off well. I also saw my first Perry TV ad yesterday. We’ll see.
As for Cain, his best poll was 30% right before the harassment story broke and he’s been sliding ever since. Last week all the Cainiacs were boasting that the story hadn’t hurt Cain, and I was pointing out his sliding poll ratings. I don’t think a lot of undedided voters are going to switch to him at this point. To do so they would have to be convinced that the story is bogus, and a lot of them just aren’t comfortable making that judgement, plus they don’t want to hear about the story for the next year. They will pick a safe choice rather than take that chance.
I am a bit surprised at Romeny’s drop. I don’t see anything to really account for that. I figured Myth would hold at 25-30% short of some mamouth meltdown.
So how is the serial flip flopper and chronic liar cruising by merely winning his home liberal state of NH?
ALSO, I doubt Cain even contests NH -- but still cruises to a top two there.
IA = CAIN
NH = Romney (CAIN 2nd without even trying)
SC = CAIN
FL = CAIN
GAME. SET. MATCH. CAIN.
It is raining where I live, but this kind of good news makes it feel like the Sun is coming out.
GO NEWT GO......
Same here.
GAME. SET. MATCH. CAIN.
That’s pretty amazing with Cain sliding in the polls and 7 weeks before the first caucus vote.
In any case, I think we all know that Paul, Bachmann, Santorum and Huntsman are going nowhere.
My order is Cain, then Gingrich. I’ve voted for Romney three times now so I’m done. Won’t vote for him again, even if he is the nominee. MA is going to Obama anyway.
Agree 100%.
The good news in this poll is that 85% of primary voters WILL NOT VOTE FOR ROMNEY.
Cain is gaining in ALL THREE.
Remember IA + SC = FL and Cain is our nominee. Deal with it in Rombotland.
The article says 'primary voters'?
It is raining where I live, but this kind of good news makes it feel like the sun is coming out.
GO NEWT GO......
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