Surges to 7% in Florida After Straw Poll Win!

[RonPaulFanInGA]

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2011/09/romney-up-in-florida.html

http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/.a/6a0133f2dd8001970b014e8be21b64970d-800wi

What a surge for the new frontrunner, Cain! :rolleyes:

[sailingaway]

He surged to 5.5 at 6th or 7th place in the RCP average too. (Place depends on whether you count Palin)

[Sola_Fide]

Listening to all the talking heads today, you'd think the guy was in first place.

[sailingaway]

Listening to all the talking heads today, you'd think the guy was in first place.

cause and effect. After enough pushing by media he WILL surge, to some extent.

[kill the banks]

ho hum

[rp08orbust]

Listening to all the talking heads today, you'd think the guy was in first place.

This will be a self-fulfilling prophecy to some extent.

[Maverick]

We made fun of Huckabee too, during the last primary when he was lagging in the polls and we were easily out-drawing him on fundraising. But then the Huckster caught a media wave, and all of a sudden he was a "front-runner." Now, of course Huckster didn't win the nomination but the point is that the media can and will push any candidate at any time and turn "unelectable" into "front-runner" overnight. Cain will be the Huckabee of this primary season - he won't win, but he'll deny Ron the spotlight that much longer.

[ZanZibar]

Maybe, but who cares. Romney has Florida locked up barring any major change between now and then. Their delegates are winner-take-all. Nothing to see here, please move along.

[michaelkellenger]

Look at the dates of the polling....3/4ths of the polling was BEFORE the straw poll and nearly the rest of those polled were before the media started giving him the attention on it. You guys are really arrogant on Cain. I think had the polling been done this week, he would be higher. Straw poll/ straw poll victory was the 24th, dates polled 22-25th.

I'm not taking this lightly like the OP who is being very arrogant on this.

[RonPaulFanInGA]

Romney has Florida locked up barring any major change between now and then. Their delegates are winner-take-all.

Thought the RNC did away with winner-take-all (WTA)?


(1) No primary, caucus, or convention to elect, select, allocate, or bind delegates to the national convention shall occur prior to the first Tuesday in March in the year in which a national convention is held. Except Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Nevada may begin their processes at any time on or after February 1 in the year in which a national convention is held and shall not be subject to the provisions of paragraph (b)(2) of this rule.

(2) Any presidential primary, caucus, convention, or other meeting held for the purpose of selecting delegates to the national convention which occurs prior to the first day of April in the year in which the national convention is held, shall provide for the allocation of delegates on a proportional basis.

http://www.gop.com/index.php/news/comments/republican_national_committee_approves_2012_presid ential_nominating_process

[ZanZibar]

Thought the RNC did away with winner-take-all (WTA)?Hmm... good point. Let me look into that.

[ZanZibar]

Thought the RNC did away with winner-take-all (WTA)?



http://www.gop.com/index.php/news/comments/republican_national_committee_approves_2012_presid ential_nominating_processI think they only get penalized once if they break the rules at all.

So therefore it will be a penalty of losing half their delegates.

[bolidew]

Listening to all the talking heads today, you'd think the guy was in first place.

He may get a lot more time in next debate, doh!

[The Free Hornet]

You can see the spike in Herman Cain interest in Google trends (http://www.google.com/trends?q=ron+paul%2C+rick+perry%2C+bachmann%2C+rom ney%2C+herman+cain&ctab=0&geo=us&geor=all&date=mtd&sort=0). Although the interest level was remarkable, I think it speaks to how supressed the field has been. Bachmann, Romney, Perry, Huntsman, and Santorum have all received disproportionate levels of media interest. Herman Cain has been getting ignored relative to Gingrich, Bachmann, Huntsman, and Santorum. Also, as many of us suspect - and this PPP FLA prove damn-near proves - something fishy and centrally coordinated happened at the Florida staw poll. Or maybe he gave a damn-good speech to a crowd most other candidates had abandoned. Cain's rise may be just as temporary and illusionary as Perry's fall. The hard slog continues...

[michaelkellenger]

Hey OP, where are you?

http://www.surveyusa.com/client/PollReport.aspx?g=ab381464-4b12-4dec-ab94-0e9516575817