Herman Cain #1, beating Romney, in yet another poll

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Businessman Herman Cain is now atop the field of Republican White House hopefuls, squeaking past former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.

Cain garnered 25 percent support of Republican primary voters in the poll released on Tuesday, compared to Romney's 21 percent.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20125120-503544/herman-cain-tops-mitt-romney-in-latest-cbs-nyt-poll/

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Yep. Perry has become an asterisk. The pizza man is going to win, just to spite the holier-than-thou libs. A lot of white folks will vote for Cain just to prove to themselves they ain't racist.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

Businessman Herman Cain is now atop the field of Republican White House hopefuls, squeaking past former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.

Cain garnered 25 percent support of Republican primary voters in the poll released on Tuesday, compared to Romney's 21 percent.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20125120-503544/herman-cain-tops-mitt-romney-in-latest-cbs-nyt-poll/

This is good news. I should change my party affiliation from independent to GOP so I can give ole' Herman or whichever nut happens to run atop the GOP pile of clowns a boost in January down here in Florida. As long as the GOP disses Mitt, I am not all that worried.

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What's confusing about this is the fact that Herman Cain has no campaign infrastructure at all. Romney or Perry both have the money and organizational talent to go head to head with Obama. But not Cain.

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What's confusing about this is the fact that Herman Cain has no campaign infrastructure at all. Romney or Perry both have the money and organizational talent to go head to head with Obama. But not Cain.

Cain has FNC. Republican voters, like most Americans, watch FNC.

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Cain has FNC. Republican voters, like most Americans, watch FNC.

Any Republican candidate will have FNC.

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Any Republican candidate will have FNC.

That's true. Even Paul was on Hannity last night. FNC doesn't like Romney.

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What's confusing about this is the fact that Herman Cain has no campaign infrastructure at all. Romney or Perry both have the money and organizational talent to go head to head with Obama. But not Cain.

He's got the Koch brothers.

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He's got the Koch brothers.

Koch + FNC... is that really enough? Maybe in the post citizens united era it really is.

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Koch + FNC... is that really enough? Maybe in the post citizens united era it really is.

On the other hand, strong support within the GOP base does not translate into broad public support which one needs in the general election. Personally, I do not understand how the GOP base can unite so strongly behind a candidate so unprepared. But then, they all flocked to support Sarah and The Donald so one should not really be surprised. They're all nuts.

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On the other hand, strong support within the GOP base does not translate into broad public support which one needs in the general election. Personally, I do not understand how the GOP base can unite so strongly behind a candidate so unprepared. But then, they all flocked to support Sarah and The Donald so one should not really be surprised. They're all nuts.

I don't know about Sarah Palin but at least in Trump and Cain's cases they've both had successful business careers. That's no easy task. So in the process of being good businessmen they never learned to talk slick like a politician and they never bothered coming up with policy positions on ethanol subsidies... so what? Maybe this is the year they go with 'something different' - that's what they did in 2010 right?

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that's what they did in 2010 right?

And theoretically, that is why Obama won in 2008, because he was not the establishment candidate that McCain was.

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I don't know about Sarah Palin but at least in Trump and Cain's cases they've both had successful business careers. That's no easy task. So in the process of being good businessmen they never learned to talk slick like a politician and they never bothered coming up with policy positions on ethanol subsidies... so what? Maybe this is the year they go with 'something different' - that's what they did in 2010 right?

The US ain't a corporation though it is goverened by corporations. A President needs to be able to formulate policy and represent the country in the world - even in places like Uzbeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan. And not with bullshite like "we're taking your oil". I mean, really.

Something different in 2010? Like what? It's the same crowd only they recruited more heavily from the far right evangelical wing. And the legislation they've pushed since then shows that quite impressively. As does the credit downgrade they willfully and needlessly forced upon the nation.

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You have to give Cain some respect. How in the hell can he feel comfortable speaking in front of this crowd...All old, white, delusional tea party members. Just really strange.

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As long as the GOP disses Mitt, I am not all that worried.

You should be. I have a feeling that Obama will lose in 2012 no matter who the GOP candidate is.