Another Poll confirms Herman Cain is the front runner for GOP nomination

[WI_DEM]

Cain 27% (up from 5% in September), Romney 23% (no change), Perry 16% (down from 38% in September), Paul 11% (up two points), Newt 8% (up three points), Bachmann 5% (down three points), Huntsman 3% (wow up one point!), Santorum 1% (ouch! down two points).

Yesterday's PPP poll showed substantially the same results, although it put Gingrich ahead of both Perry and Paul. But the basic contours of the trend are clear: Cain is ascendant, in a big way; Romney is stuck in neutral, if not down a little bit from his peak; Perry is way off his peak, but nonetheless a top tier candidate despite having entered the race just a couple of months ago. Gingrich continues to have the ability seduce a small slice of the GOP electorate, as does Bachmann, but she's still trying to figure out how to come back from her spectacular implosion after the Ames Straw Poll.
The best piece of news for the field collectively is that Republicans are finally happy with their candidates, at least for the most part. 63% say they are pleased with their choices, up from 45% in June. That compares favorably to 57% who were satisfied in January of 2008, though it's slightly less than the 65% who were satisfied in June of 2007.

Of course, the fact that Republicans are becoming satisfied with their field is also good news for President Obama, because these Republicans really suck. NBC and WSJ also surveyed the public at large, and Obama leads each of the top three contenders, besting Cain by a 49%-38% margin, Romney by a 46%-44% margin, and Perry by a 51%-39% margin.

www.dailykos.com

[WI_DEM]

1. Mitt has his core support, but doesn't seem to be able to move above about a quarter of

the GOP voters.

[Selatius]

2. I figure that's because religion is an issue here.

There's plenty of Southern Baptists around here where I live who will stay at home if Romney is on the ticket, if only for the fact that he isn't even a Christian. Typically, they'll also harp about Obama being a Muslim as well. Par for the course.

[d_r]

5. can't see them taking a black man over a morman

[KamaAina]

6. He is too a Christian

it is called the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, after all.

But just try to get those Southern Baptists to believe that.

[KatyMan]

7. are mormons christians?

I would have thought not, but maybe I don't understand enough of their theology. I don't care one way or the other, mind you, but am curious.

On edit, after reading a bit, I guess the difference is their not trinitarians?

[KamaAina]

8. They believe themselves to be

they consider the Book of Mormon "another testament of Jesus Christ".

[TwilightGardener]

3. What a disaster their whole primary season is turning into...

:thumbsup:

[jwirr]

4. Does this mean that they support him because they really want him

as the candidate or are they using him as a means to show their rejection of all the other idiot candidates? He is no different in theory than any of the rest of them so I have a hard time believing they are serious.

[FourScore]

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