Herman Cain Wins Straw Poll over Romney in Nevada; Newt Gingrich Finishes Strong Third at 20% – 10/22/11

Herman Cain has not had a good week, with attacks mounting against his “999 Plan,” and against him for not being sufficiently pro-Life based on some interviews he did this week (his critics say). But Cain won the Western Republican Leadership Straw Poll yesterday in Nevada, anyway. Cain beat Mitt Romney by 2-points, 31%-29%, and a surprisingly strong Newt Gingrich, who finished third at 20%:

WASHINGTON TIMES: The good news continued for Herman Cain Friday, as the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO won the Western Republican Leadership Conference straw poll of GOP presidential contenders, edging out former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — and leaving Texas Gov. Rick Perry in a distant fifth place.

Mr. Cain, whose longshot campaign got a major boost by winning a major Florida straw poll last month, received nearly 31 percent of the vote and Mr. Romney pulled in nearly 29 percent of the vote. Mr. Gingrich, who has also risen in recent national polls after his campaign’s shaky start, secured more than 20 percent of the vote. Texas Rep. Ron Paul finished with about 10 percent, Mr. Perry received almost 4 percent, and Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota received just 1 percent.

The results follow Mr. Cain’s surprise victory in the so-called Presidency 5 straw poll in Orlando last month, which was seen as a big blow to Mr. Perry’s front-runner status at the time. . . . Read More

I think these Straw Poll results show two things: (1) Cain is going to have staying power – at least longer than many expected. He could be in the process of imploding, but I don’t think that is a given yet. Romney should have run away with this Straw Poll, as Nevada is supposed to be very strong for him. (2) Newt Gingrich continues to gain momentum, and could emerge as a real challenger for the nomination. He is clearly the best thinker in the field, has done great in the debates, and has experience. If people start to back away from Cain, Gingrich could emerge as the anti-Romney choice.

Posted by Brian on Saturday, October 22nd, 2011   |   5 Comments »
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  • Jackk

    Newt Gingrich has the education, experience and brains to lead this country out of the Obama-Pelosi parasitic spending binge of the past three years.  The liberal press continues to try to downgrade the man on his 3 marriages but applauded Elizabeth Taylor on her 8 marriages.  The DNC loves to spend other peoples money as witnessed what’s left of the Middle Class in this country!

  • just an average voter

    The thing with Cain is at least him I know where he stands, agree or disagree. However, I don’t know how he’ll fare in the general election.  Now, independents like me, who are pro-choice, will vote for any of the repub candidates over what’s there now.
    Foreign policy doesn’t matter when economy policy is collapsing this country’s might, it was the economy might that let America be the military power that is, if the economy continues to plummet, the military and influence will go as well, its just a matter of time.
    So, for me, I would vote for any of the repubs, even those who I completely an opposite of when it comes to social issues. (Although I gotten admit when I heard Cain’s abortion, I basically saw it as just an average American who wants to promote a culture of life, but at the same time, he has empathy for a victim of a horrible crime. He didn’t sound like a politician, but just a decent neighbor, just a average decent American)

    Mr. Cain is stumbling, but for some reason it doesn’t bother me as a voter, because I would vote for him if he is the Republican nominee, and I would do the same if it were Romney or Perry, or heck even Santorum, who I cannot stand.
    The worry I have is will Cain stumble, learn, get up, and keep going?  The onslaught by the Barry media will be very harsh.
    For some reason, whenever he stumbles and the Barry worshiping press goes after him, I become  more supportive of him, because there is so much in Barry’s background that was hidden and continues to be hidden by this same media, and I know this because of the Internet.

    I’m still not sold on Cain, only because I’m still not sure how he’s going to fare under the pressure, however I will keep an open mind because while he will stumble, I’m more interested in seeing how it overcomes it.

  • Wonder Woman

    Ron Paul just won the critical Ohio swing state straw poll vote by a  much wider margin.

  • Anonymous

    The liberal Obama fearing writers are doing everything they can to discredit Herman Cain but I for one will stand by him to the bloody end If need be. I truly believe that Obama fears only a Cain challenge. I hope he gets it

  • NadePaulKuciGravMcKi

    any poll that puts Newt Gingrich
    at double the support of Dr. Ron
    in Nevada is called a “fixed” poll  
     
    many at the conference were never asked to vote


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