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Heading Into South Carolina Debate, Cain Still Proving Pundits Wrong
ABC News ^ | 11-11-11 | Matthew Jaffe

Posted on 11/11/2011 4:27:13 PM PST by Driftwood1

CHICAGO – Herman Cain can’t win the Republican presidential nomination. He doesn’t have enough experience or enough money. He’s got too much baggage and too much controversy. So says the conventional wisdom among those in the political “know.” But the polls – in other words, the people who vote, the people who matter – right now say otherwise. Ever since Cain won the Florida straw poll in late September, the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO – who has never held any elective office – has been surging. Heading into Saturday night’s debate in South Carolina, Cain continues to sit atop the polls. A new CBS News poll released Friday has Cain in the lead with 18 percent support, ahead of the supposed frontrunner, Mitt Romney, at 15 percent and a surging Newt Gingrich, also at 15 percent. In addition, he has raised a whopping $9 million since the start of October. So are Cain’s naysayers missing something here? Could Cain really win it all? Or is this just a blip on the radar in the race for the White House?

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: cain; gop; polls; southcarolina
Cain can win it all!!
1 posted on 11/11/2011 4:27:14 PM PST by Driftwood1
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To: Driftwood1

He has to prove the MSM wrong first. The jury is still out on Cain.


2 posted on 11/11/2011 4:30:20 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Driftwood1

all he needs to do is take over the management of our sorry arse country and run it like a good pizza shop and then some.
Gingrich’s populism dont fly with me as serious anymore.

tired of the wanna be pimp RinOs


3 posted on 11/11/2011 4:32:08 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: JudgemAll

Exactly, I’m good and tired of career politicians ruining this country. Go Herman!


4 posted on 11/11/2011 4:36:48 PM PST by refermech
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To: goldstategop

So you think the MSM and the democrats do not have to prove anything? All they have to do is level an accusation and the person they level it at has the burden to prove them wrong?

Are you ill?

Are you kidding me?


5 posted on 11/11/2011 4:37:43 PM PST by dforest
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To: Driftwood1

Poll up now on Mark Levin’s site:

If you had to vote today, who would you vote for?

Cain 54%
Gingrich 42%
Romney 4%

Total Votes: 4385


6 posted on 11/11/2011 4:38:40 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

Nice!!!!


7 posted on 11/11/2011 4:40:16 PM PST by Driftwood1
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To: goldstategop

Nope! Herman has to get enough people to vote for him. That’s the only jury that counts.


8 posted on 11/11/2011 4:40:31 PM PST by pallis
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To: Driftwood1

The parasitic class's days are numbered. Invest in guillotines.

9 posted on 11/11/2011 4:40:41 PM PST by VRWC For Truth (Throw the bums out who vote yes on the bailout)
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To: JudgemAll

Bump!


10 posted on 11/11/2011 4:41:00 PM PST by mdittmar (i)
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To: indylindy

Cain has to show he can win a caucus or a primary. Until we know for sure, the MSM won’t be wrong. That’s the only way to discredit the pundits. We’ll find out soon enough what the jury - the only one that truly counts - the American people say at the ballot box.


11 posted on 11/11/2011 4:43:03 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

>> “The jury is still out on Cain.” <<

.
No more so than anyone else.

Ginrich and Romney are so far left of the conservative base that Cain actually has the least to prove.


12 posted on 11/11/2011 5:11:53 PM PST by editor-surveyor (No Federal Sales Tax - No Way!)
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To: Driftwood1

TRANSLATION: “whatever we do in the Obama ass-kissing liberal media do with these gold-digging loser hag accusers to derail the Cain Train, we have failed..”


13 posted on 11/11/2011 5:19:24 PM PST by max americana (CAIN 2012)
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To: Driftwood1

Thats so WRONG.. Obama won the Presidency..
And he didn’t literally Do anything of note..

Course he did pull off the eligibilty scam..
But he had massive help in that..

Treason is not only legal in the U.S. but in some places its advantageous..


14 posted on 11/11/2011 5:50:30 PM PST by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited to include some fully orbed hyperbole...)
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To: goldstategop

He doesn’t have to prove a da**ed thing to anyone. They brought up the charges, now, let them prove those accusations. It’s the way the law works - where’s the evidence? There isn’t any, it’s a hit job on him and looks like you’ve swallowed it hook, line and sinker. SUCKER!


15 posted on 11/11/2011 5:52:40 PM PST by Catsrus
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To: refermech
Exactly, I’m good and tired of career politicians ruining this country. Go Herman!

Amen, I'm tired of the thinking that we have to keep electing professional politicians.
16 posted on 11/11/2011 6:16:46 PM PST by af_vet_rr
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To: All

Does anyone know if this debate will be online?


17 posted on 11/12/2011 10:23:22 AM PST by Smeagle
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