Posted on 09/24/2011 4:25:23 PM PDT by RobinMasters
ORLANDO — Former Godfather Pizza CEO Herman Cain won the Presidency 5 straw poll here Saturday, delivering a blow to Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s frontrunner status and a victory for a candidate who has struggled to transform his grassroots popularity into strong showings in national polls.
“Tonight’s winner is Herman Cain,” Florida Gov. Rick Scott announced. “It shows you something, the road to the White House come through Florida, and it pays to spend time here.”
He received 37 percent of the more than 2,600 votes cast.
“Thank you to the Republican voters for this incredible honor of being named the winner of the Presidency 5 straw poll in Florida today,” Mr. Cain said. “This is a sign of our growing momentum and my candidacy that cannot be ignored. I will continue to share my message of ‘common-sense solutions’ across this country and look forward to spending more time in Florida, a critical state for both the nomination and the general election.”
The two national frontrunners — Mr. Perry and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney — placed second and third. Former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, meanwhile, landed in fourth place; Rep. Ron Paul of Texas landed in fifth place; and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, sixth. Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann finished last. (See the poll results here.)
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Herman Cain on Immigration
We have a path to citizenship: it's called legal immigration. (Aug 2011)
Not right to sue Arizona for trying to protect themselves. (Jun 2011)
Secure our borders; enforce our laws. (May 2011)
Where's the fence? Not in the Immigration Bill!. (Jun 2007)
The MSM is busy proclaiming the death of Perry. Why is Romney’s 3rd place finish not a headliner?
Bad math andyk!
When all my payroll tax is gone, my top tax bracket drops from 35 to 9, my capital gains and dividend taxes are zero,
I can buy 3 times as much stuff as now with the 9% national sales tax included.
I see your point and it worries me a little too. But, as with most tax overhaul policies, the devil will be in the details. One thing for sure we can't go on as a first world country with our current tax system, and the threats of tax rates expiring every year or so unless congress acts. We need some transparent stable tax code and maybe Cain's plan is a good start. He's the only one who's talking about a serious overhaul (well besides Rue Paul and that man is scary).
The MSM is busy proclaiming the death of Perry. Why is Romney’s 3rd place finish not a headliner?
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Probably because he didn’t participate in the straw poll, as opposed to Perry who gave his all. I believe Mitt was put on the ballot because of the debate there yesterday, or so I read.
Please provide a source for your claim that he wants a national sale tax in addition to the income tax.
Advocating we do nothing but cling to our current corrupt failed tax system is a Democrat Partybot dogma. Seems you came to the wrong website.
Let’s support him then. FReepers are tired of the “base” be it right or left. Let’s make a difference. I will love to see the heads explode when he has the gravitas to take the Racist Plantation Democrats head on.
I thought his 9-9-9 plan had a 9% income tax, a 9% national sales tax, and a 9% corporate tax.
I cannot believe with your private sector background you would stake out such a fundamentally indefensible position
Absolutely fantastic. All Cain needs is the perception that he “can” win and he will do some serious damage.
“He could be this generation’s Ronald Reagan.”
That’s one thing I do love about him. His message (OUR message) is getting through. For some reason he says things in a way that makes sense to people.
The Tax Code is abolished. 9 percent of a drug dealers take sounds better than 0 percent.
Andy, my federal tax bill runs right around 20%-22% every year. That is on TOP of social security payroll tax and
medicare tax. If all those get eliminated per Herman’s plan,
why should I not be happy paying 9% national sales tax?
Besides, sales tax applies only to stuff I buy. Which is no
where near 100% of my income. Which means I will have more
money leftover for additional investing.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)
LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
That is it. In Tennessee we get hit pretty good but the skin in the game makes it playable.
The MSM is busy proclaiming the death of Perry. Why is Romney’s 3rd place finish not being proclaimed as an epic fail?
My opinion is that the Eatablishment / MSM does not view Cain as a serious threat to Romney. So they celebrate this win by Cain of some half-arsed politico straw poll of a couple thousand people because it promotes the theme that Perry is dead, which they believe can only help Romney. Now, maybe they are wrong but I think there is some logic to their approach. I think the real story here is that despite Perry’s debate fiasco, Romney could still only muster a 3rd place finish.
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