Another Straw on the Back of the Negative Perry Narrative
Via USAT: Cain upsets Perry at Florida straw poll
The final tally: Cain carried 37% of the vote, Perry 15% and former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney 14%. Former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum was at 11%, Texas Rep. Ron Paul at 10% and former House speaker Newt Gingrich at 9%. Trailing far behind were former Utah governor Jon Huntsman and Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann, at 2%.
Understand that the results of a straw poll are almost meaningless (especially in terms of understanding what the voters of a given state actually want).
Having said that, this will certainly help feed the current meme that Perry is in trouble in terms of his position as frontrunner.
And to the Cain supporters in the audience: no, this does not mean that Cain is a serious, viable candidate for the nomination.
About Steven L. Taylor
Are you suggesting that winning the Ames straw poll wasn’t critical to rocketing Michelle Bachmann all the way to 2% in Florida?
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yea you’re a “super genius”
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@newrouter:
So … basically, which ever candidate can get the most of their supporters to have registered (including willing to pay $175 dollars to caucus (see FAQ http://www.presidency5.com/faq/) and show up as delegates… Rule 6 (same page):
As with Iowa this was about on the ground organization more than anything else. And note that the Registration timing coincides with the height of Cain’s popularity.
Also note that Bachmann and Romney chose not to actively participate.
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Newrouter, you seem to have confused “almost meaningless” with “totally meaningless.”
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Let’s pause and unpack this. Bachmann wins the Iowa straw poll — and she’s almost instantly a nonentity. Rick Perry enters the field and is instantly number one but three debates later we’re begging Chris Christie (again) to enter the race. And now Herman Cain beats both “front-runners” and it doesn’t mean a thing.
But the Repub party and the conservative movement are serious people. They are definitely going to win the next Presidential election.
When this so-called-conservative movement is a footnote in the history books I will still be laughing at you guys.
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Quick correction on my above comments… I shouldn’t have compared this to Iowa in terms of organization.
That doesn’t however contradict the fact that the causcuses skewed heavily towards activists.
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