Posted on 10/10/2011 11:11:38 AM PDT by Southnsoul
The second poll in a few days shows Herman Cain jumping into second place in New Hampshire.
A survey from the Harvard Institute of Politics and the New Hampshire Institute of Politics shows Cain with 20 percent of the vote, trailing Mitt Romney, who remains in first place with 38 percent. Ron Paul is in third place with 13 percent.
The poll comes on the heels of a WMUR/UNH poll that put Romney at 37 percent, Cain at 12 percent and Paul at 9 percent.
Both polls had Rick Perry languishing with just 4 percent of the vote.
The Harvard/NHIOP poll also puts a damper on recent surveys showing Jon Huntsman on the upswing in the state. The WMUR poll had him at 8 percent and an earlier Suffolk University poll had him at 10 percent. But the survey released today shows Huntsman with just 4 percent of the vote.
Perhaps most notable: Only 25 percent of respondents in the Harvard/NHIOP poll said they thought Huntsman could defeat Barack Obama. That compares with 72 percent who said they thought Romney could oust the president and 47 percent who said the same of Perry.
For a candidate like Huntsman, who has pinned much of his message on electability, those are disappointing numbers.
The bottom line is that there's still been no polling at any point in the race, and certainly not in the last few weeks, that suggests Mitt Romney has a serious competitor for frontrunner status in New Hampshire.
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Romney owns a house in NH. He has spent more time here than anyone else. The independents will most likely vote for Romney , just like they did McCain.
However, Cain is coming on strong with real conservatives and he has been mostly absent from NH.
From your lips to your dog's ears. After all, he's the only one likely to listen to this nonsense, but the good news is that it will make just as much sense to him as it does to anyone with comprehension skills.
It doesn’t look like he’s a member, just served with many CFR members on various boards. He did attend the 2009 Bilderberg meeting. There’s also his stint with the Fed. If these things are a concern for you, Cain’t not your candidate.
As much as 2008’s election was an introduction to many on the power of social and alternative media, 2012 will be doubly so. The days of NEEEDING to shake hands with every potential voter are over. It still helps, of course, but with social media (Facebook, Twitter etc..) the way it is, people feel “connected” to candidates even though they’ve never seen them live or shaken their hand.
It’s not an all or nothing thing - candidates will still need to be “out there” but the online world is a tremendous tool - one which can bridge the gap caused by “Romney owns a house in NH and knows everyone in the state”.
There is room available in the political specturm for Cain’s message and how he delivers it. All he needs is the airtime. Romney’s only “the frontrunner” because he’s been running for President since 2006. If Cain starts passing 26, 27% and leaves Romney behind, you’ll see Cain vault into the 30’s and 40’s very quickly.
Once that happens, barring a dead hooker scenario somewhere in his background, it’s over.
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