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Cain Holds Big Lead Over GOP Rivals in Iowa
http://www.realclearpolitics.com ^ | 11-06-2011 | By Caitlin Huey-Burns

Posted on 11/06/2011 7:47:36 PM PST by Maelstorm

Despite being embroiled in controversy last week, Herman Cain leads the Republican presidential field by 15 percentage points in Iowa, according to a new poll taken four days after news broke that the Atlanta businessman had been accused of sexually harassing women while head of the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s.

Cain attracts 30 percent support from Iowa GOP caucus-goers, according to the Insider Advantage poll. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney places a distant second with 15 percent. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich rounds out the top three with 12 percent. The remaining candidates poll in the single digits: Texas Rep. Ron Paul garners 9 percent, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann -- who won the straw poll in Ames in August -- receives 8 percent, Texas Gov. Rick Perry earns 6 percent, and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has 2 percent.

Cain leads among each age group by double digits except for voters 65 and older, who back Romney over Cain, 25 percent to 14 percent. Cain also leads among minority groups. He holds a 17-point edge over Gingrich among male voters (Romney comes in third) and a 12-point lead over Romney among females (Gingrich places third).

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: backfire; backlash; cain; foxforromney; foxsux; frontrunnerstill; grassroots; hermancain; iowa; smearfailed; sourcetitlenoturl
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Cain was tied with Romney in Iowa in previous polls. If you want to help win Iowa for Cain see the link below. So far he he's been getting more than 100k a day.
https://supporthermancain.com/iowafund/src/website

Herman Cain - Iowa Fund


1 posted on 11/06/2011 7:47:37 PM PST by Maelstorm
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To: Maelstorm

Slick Willard with only 15%? What will Bill Kristol say now about the fortunes of the Anointed One?

The Beltway Elites didn’t see this one coming!


2 posted on 11/06/2011 7:51:38 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: Maelstorm

Because we an sense this is a decent man. That’s why the controversy may even help him, who knows. I like Governor Perry but Cain is Perry’s nightmare right now. As long as Cain survives and grows stronger Perry won’t have much of a way to rise.


3 posted on 11/06/2011 7:52:17 PM PST by toddausauras
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To: Maelstorm
But some bogus online poll showing Cain losing ground has been hyped all day on the Romney Fox News channel!

Fox Sux

4 posted on 11/06/2011 7:55:05 PM PST by Happy Rain ( "Many of the most useful idiots of the Left are on the Right.")
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To: onyx; TheConservativeParty; NoGrayZone; BenKenobi; Kartographer; justsaynomore; MNJohnnie; ...
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5 posted on 11/06/2011 7:55:34 PM PST by NoGrayZone (Stay involved..because stupid people are running America! - Herman Cain - Amen!!!)
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To: goldstategop

I saw Kristol on TV this weekend. I hope he’s not as stupid as he appears to be.


6 posted on 11/06/2011 7:57:42 PM PST by Savage Beast (A backwoods southern lawyer is a safer trustee for your soul than a Washington politician.)
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To: Maelstorm; All

The money is great. Does he have the organization for the caucuses? Organization is just as important as money in the caucuses.


7 posted on 11/06/2011 7:57:56 PM PST by no dems (Why do you never see "Obama" bumper stickers on cars going to work in the morning?)
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To: Happy Rain

I was footballed out tonight and switched to Fox in time to see Geraldo and Juan and Charles Paine and Ken Blackwell. It was not a Cain lovefest. I used to like Ken but he has lost my respect for dissing Herman.
Yes, HR. Fox is a huge disappointment lately.


8 posted on 11/06/2011 7:59:11 PM PST by Mountain Mary (I'll take a Godfather's pizza with the works!)
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To: toddausauras

Even if Cain faltered, Perry would NOT get his support. It would go mostly to Newt.


9 posted on 11/06/2011 8:00:12 PM PST by no dems (Why do you never see "Obama" bumper stickers on cars going to work in the morning?)
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To: Maelstorm

Great news! Go Herman!


10 posted on 11/06/2011 8:00:47 PM PST by South40 (To Tear Down Herman Cain is to aid Mitt Romney)
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To: no dems

I don’t think he’s paid much attention to Iowa but they may change. The Cain campaign has two months to get its supporters out to the caucuses to vote. Right now, he’s the clear front-runner.


11 posted on 11/06/2011 8:00:51 PM PST by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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To: goldstategop

Neither did the Democrats see this coming! They planned extensive use of the “race card” against the Republican candidate. Kind of hard to do that in this case, because the Dems will look asinine.

Cain is going to force BHO2 to debate about issues and about his Presidential record. Oh, boy!


12 posted on 11/06/2011 8:01:08 PM PST by SatinDoll (NO FOREIGN NATIONALS AS U.S.A. PRESIDENT)
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To: Mountain Mary
I was footballed out tonight

You're missing a great Ravens-Steelers game right now.

13 posted on 11/06/2011 8:01:57 PM PST by buccaneer81 (ECOMCON)
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To: Maelstorm

Go Herman! errr President Cain.


14 posted on 11/06/2011 8:02:39 PM PST by takenoprisoner (Constitutional Conservatism is Americanism.)
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To: goldstategop

Help make calls into Iowa for Herman:

http://www.facebook.com/groups/Iowa.DraftCain.org/


15 posted on 11/06/2011 8:05:29 PM PST by cookcounty (2012 choice: It's the Tea Party or the Slumber Party.)
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To: no dems
Even if Cain faltered, Perry would NOT get his support. It would go mostly to Newt.

Bingo. Perry has almost no path to victory, at this point.
16 posted on 11/06/2011 8:05:48 PM PST by jjsheridan5
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To: Maelstorm

What do you mean? To hear the media lackeys, it’s a two man race between Romney and Huntsman!


17 posted on 11/06/2011 8:05:50 PM PST by festusbanjo (Herman Cain.The Un-Obama.Actual leadership,actual problem solving,actual experience.)
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To: Maelstorm; ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas; stephenjohnbanker; DoughtyOne; rabscuttle385; mkjessup; ...
RE :”Cain attracts 30 percent support from Iowa GOP caucus-goers, according to the Insider Advantage poll. Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney places a distant second with 15 percent. Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich rounds out the top three with 12 percent. The remaining candidates poll in the single digits: Texas Rep. Ron Paul garners 9 percent, Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann — who won the straw poll in Ames in August — receives 8 percent, Texas Gov. Rick Perry earns 6 percent, and former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman has 2 percent.

This really is going to drive the MSM/establishment Republicans NUTS.

But he won't answer our questions... he won't get it out there... he won't play by our rules..

Jeeze, It sounds like certain cult did ~ 6 months ago, but Cain is really doing it.

18 posted on 11/06/2011 8:09:42 PM PST by sickoflibs (Cain :"My parents didn't raise me to beg the government for other peoples money")
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To: Savage Beast
I saw Kristol on TV this weekend. I hope he’s not as stupid as he appears to be.

He isn't that stupid. He is scared and angry (as are much of the Republican elite). A Cain victory would be their worst nightmare -- an instant loss of the status and prestige they have worked so hard to get, and a complete public rejection of everything they stand for.
19 posted on 11/06/2011 8:10:56 PM PST by jjsheridan5
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To: Maelstorm

Bumping for the fund! Let’s see him make his 999k!


20 posted on 11/06/2011 8:15:37 PM PST by Yaelle (Donate to Cain's Iowa Fund! https://supporthermancain.com/iowafund/src/1103. Needs 300k in 3 days!)
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