Posted on 10/10/2011 8:10:08 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
Let's just get it out of the way and all recite the mantra at once, shall we?
Straw polls don't mean anything.
But for those who still like to follow them, we had yet another this weekend in Minnesota at the Midwestern Leadership Conference. And once again Herman Cain mopped up the competition, this time registering the largest margin of victory yet, bringing home more than half the votes.
Former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain rounded out a very good week with a straw poll victory at the Midwest Leadership Conference in Minnesota on Saturday.
Cain pulled off a decisive win, garnering 52.6 percent of the vote and beating Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann in her own backyard. Bachmann took a distant second place with 12.2 percent of the vote, followed by former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney with 11.1 percent. Texas Rep. Ron Paul attracted 10.7 percent of the vote while Texas Gov. Rick Perry got just 4 percent.
Cain’s numbers are stunning to be sure, but what is probably the saddest footnote of this event is the fact that Bachmann barely broke out of single digits in her own home state. That campaign may not be officially dead, but they’ve got a priest on standby with a copy of the last rites.
Also, following the Values Voter Summit, this is two back-to-back outings where Rick Perry – who was briefly the newly crowned king of the pack – sank below the background noise level. (Though sitting on $15M in donations can salve a lot of wounds.) Mitt didn’t do much better than that, though he at least managed to edge out Ron Paul for once.
There will be singing and dancing in Cain-Town this week to be sure. No matter what you think of straw polls, headlines which include words like “winning” are always good news for a candidate seeking to expand their name recognition and drive donors to pry open their wallets. Cain has been racking up one impressive showing after another lately, and talk about Herminator Momentum is getting harder and harder to treat like a joke.
PTL!
Bill O’Really not gonna be happy about this.
The libs are falling all over themselves with convoluted theories that attempt to explain the contradiction of the “racist” Tea Party’s support of a Black candidate.
Nice work, Citizen Cain!
Herman’s campaign is getting traction and he is building the ‘big mo’ that he will need for the nomination and the general.
He’s also going to need money-—lots of it!
The longer HC can remain relevant the better it will be. He may or may not succeed at the nomination but he is serving an important role.
In any case he will be a strong conservative PRO AMERICAN voice. PLUS...he makes liberals HEADS EXPLODE. I love that sound!
What a great and pleasant surprise he is!
What you said. Even when he was low in the polls, Cain never looked like an underdog. He embodies a buoyant, smiling, unshakable optimism that is contagious. He goes toe to toe w these noxious liberals and never looks even irked, much less angry. He counters their spew and gets his positive message out. Can you even begin to imagine what he’d be like in a debate w Obama? Obama would be white and shaking by the end, and stuttering more than a sodden Ted Kennedy on a bad day.
Straw polls are still largely meaningless on their own terms, but they might be having a broader effect in this election by doing what Ron Paul has been trying to do but failing to do: influencing a significant number of primary voters to seriously consider Herman Cain well in advance of the actual primaries. We'll see.
I wouldn’t say they are completely meaningless. They are an excellent test of organization and enthusiasm which is no small matter.
I wouldn’t say they are completely meaningless. They are an excellent test of organization and enthusiasm which is no small matter.
Just curious....where is Cain on the whole border/immigration/security issue? Has he said much?
Amazing what happens when people base their votes based on their principals and ideas rather then media polling and campaign money.
This should of been a slam dunk for Romney. It is a poll taken in a liberal/moderate part of the USA. They should of been right at home with Romney’s Liberal political agenda.
That Romney did so poorly is real good news for the Tea Party/Conservative movement
He will be the nominee..God willing and I am sure He is!
Yep, Cain has said a whole lot more on all the issues then Perry, or any of other the Establishment candidates, have said.
http://www.issues2000.org/Herman_Cain.htm
IMAGINE! We are finally together on this one. On this issue. Wow!
Awesome. I’m so happy and it’s been a long time since I said that. Go Cain!
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