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.
Lol ... interesting tagline ... are u a farmer ??
Former farmer. I use that tagline often, as I think most Freepers are unaware of the huge glut of food and feedstuffs we have.
The ethanol threads are often full of hadwringing of ‘we must not burn our food’.
We have so much surplus food that there really isn’t a good reason not to burn it, unless we want to go back to the days of ‘paying farmers not to plant’.
Thanks for the link to Cain’s positions on the issues. I read it over, and find little to disagree with, although it’s only a bullet point list. Still vetting...
That's why he basically went from front runner to loser who will only continue to go down in the polls. He can't save himself this time. I give him credit for saying what he actually believes instead of lying about it like most politicians would have. He would probably still be in the race if he hadn't shown that he believes in something that is literally destroying our once great nation and helping turn it into the hell hole known as Mexico.
Herman Cain is more Conservative on ever issue when compared with Romney or Perry, and I just don't understand how you could pick someone other than Cain out of those three if you're an actual Conservative. The vast majority of Americans want illegal immigration stopped; not for them to be given benefits and incentives to continue their nation killing invasion. Illegal immigrants are responsible for more deaths than Islamic terrorism and WILL destroy this nation if not taken serious.
I would never support Rick Perry or anyone else who doesn't take illegal immigration serious. I already did that with the Bush and McCain. When was the last time we actually had a President who seriously wanted to stop illegal immigration and enforce our own laws? I'm not going to ever again vote for the guy who will destroy the nation slower over the guy who will destroy it faster. I will only vote for those who take the right position on the huge issues facing our nation. Many will say it's ignorant to make that kind of decision based on one issue, and it is on some minor issues, but not on an issue that is going to destroy our nation as we know it, and is hardly ever talked about seriously by those with the power to solve the crisis.
I was saddened that I would more than likely have to sit this election out when victory was almost certain for our candidate because the front runners had liberal past and were still talking like liberals on certain issues(Perry sounded like a liberal such as Al Gore with his accusation of people like me who believe in the law, and not ignorant policy that benefits criminals who don't belong in our country as heartless). Then Herman Cain suddenly surged in the polls and is now in a position to take the nomination and I don't know how any real Conservative can take the candidates history and views on the most important issues facing our nation and not choose Cain.
I knew Perry was going to run for President when he started talking about succeeding from the Union and asking the Federal government for troops to put on the border. It was obvious he was trying to change his image at that point. And if he's believes so highly in States rights then why in the hell didn't he use his power to deploy the Texas National Guard to the border instead of asking the liberal President who's response was already known? When Perry drops low enough in the polls to give up trying to win this futile race I will give him some respect if he endorses Herman Cain, but you can't pretend that people don't have the right to be upset with him for calling them “heartless”.
Hopefully Sarah Palin endorses Cain. I believe she will endorse him and I think the other Conservative candidates who eventually drop out will put their support behind him as well considering it's not a hard call when looking at the top three. Most of those supporting candidates other than the current top three will switch to Herman Cain if their candidate doesn't start to make progress in my opinion as well.
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