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A trio of polls released today show Herman Cain leading three Southern Republican primary races. Insider Advantage shows Cain with a 27-point lead in his native Georgia, taking 41 percent of the vote. Public Policy Polling has Cain up by 6 in West Virginia with 24 percent of the vote and up 10 in North Carolina with 27 percent. All three polls show Newt Gingrich in second, Mitt Romney in third, and Rick Perry in fourth. Cain also leads a PPP survey of Nebraska Republicans.
The fact that Cain, who is black, leads in these states is unlikely to challenge the liberal narrative of Southern Republican racism, particularly in West Virginia, a historically Democratic state where the opposition to President Obama has been viewed as racial in nature.
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Bob| 10.4.11 @ 4:16PM
What a waste of time. The Mass. Mormon Mongrel Willard Miltoon Rodent is your nominee.
Occam's Tool| 10.4.11 @ 5:32PM
Not So Fast.
Casey Abell| 10.4.11 @ 8:46PM
Cain is getting more scrutiny on his tax plan, especially the national sales tax. Weekly Standard, still in mourning over Christie not running, has a piece up about the plan increasing taxes on some families.
Expect more of this as Cain does better in the polls. He's skated over any questions so far because nobody took him seriously.
And I'm really tired of reading things like "Mormon Mongrel." Can we keep the discussion a little less tacky?
tonypal| 10.4.11 @ 11:05PM
I'm really warming to Cain. He's becoming more fluid when discussing policy. He's still got much to learn, but he will. He's gonna get a lot more attention in future debates, which will serve to sharpen his skills.
My main concern with the 9-9-9 plan is the retention of an income tax. The idea of giving Congress another way to levy taxes is frightening. Personally, I prefer a national sales tax. The idea of making taxes voluntary is very appealing. But concurrent to passage of such a tax plan must be repeal of the 16th amendment.
Sure, the Cain plan is for a 9% rate for both the consumption and income taxes. But what's to stop a future Congress from doubling those rates. I suppose you could pass a law requiring a super majority to raise taxes, but laws are made to be changed. So I think Cain's 9-9-9 plan is something that requires intense scrutiny. I'm looking forward to how he deals with challenges to his plan, specifically the one I raised here.
Casey Abell| 10.5.11 @ 8:49AM
I'll crosspost a couple comments I made on the National Review site...
Other poster: "This is astounding. Do you know how annoying the Obama2012 commercials of Herman Cain saying that he would require a loyalty test and banning Muslims from his cabinets are going to be?"
I'm a lot more worried over Obama's commercials about Cain's national sales tax. Barry could actually get to Herman's RIGHT on a tax issue! Obama could really scare independents with the thought of an extra nine percent sales tax on everything.
Sure, Cain would counter that other taxes would be reduced. Good luck convincing people on that promise. The national sales tax could be a crusher, and everybody's going to be talking about it now. But I don't know how Cain gets away from it without looking like, gasp, a flip-flopper.
A quote from the Weekly Standard story just went into the Obama campaign's oppo research on Cain:
"But a family of three making $25,000 would pay thousands of dollars more in taxes under Cain's plan."
I can see a zillion quotes like that blared in commercials ripping Cain for the national sales tax. Obama's billion bucks would drill NINE PERCENT ON EVERYTHING into every voter's cerebral cortex.
And what is Herman going to say? Other taxes will get cut? I can see commercials with people literally laughing about that promise.
Okay, I'm a Perry supporter and I'm feeling a little raw right now. But folks have got to think hard about how Cain's tax ideas would play in the campaign against Obama.
Axit| 10.5.11 @ 1:08AM
No, the left won't shut up about it because it's their bread and butter, if they can't pimp the people along with the race/class/gender meme.. they got nothing. Whine, snivel, moan.
I hope to be riding the Cain train into D.C. next fall to change some diapers.
PattyMor| 10.5.11 @ 8:19AM
I like the Hermanator. He has warm, sunny disposition much like the Gipper had. He experienced "separate, but equal", but shrugs off the inconvience and celebrates his successes. He must be smart because he has a degree in math. And he had lead a real life, with real accomplishments, the real world (ie. business).
I don't like his 999 plan, because it leaves open the possiblility that both the income tax and the sales/vat get increased.
But I'd take him in a heartbeat over Mr. Mittens, milktoast Romney or Rick Perry who met with the Bilderbergs.
Derek Leaberry| 10.5.11 @ 10:03AM
Cain has jumped to the top because he is not Perry or Romney. As Sarah Palin said, Mr. Cain is the new flavor of the month. But the Cain balloon will pop. He has hinted that his views on immigration are similar to Perry's. His 9-9-9 tax plan is flawed in multiple ways. And remember that Cain convincingly lost a Georgia primary a few years back. What Cain's rise amplifies is that a majority of Republicans are dissatisfied with the current presidential candidates.
mcr| 10.5.11 @ 10:13AM
Sarah Palin did not say that. Period. She said that is what the media does, they pick a flavor of the month. She never said Cain was the flavor of the month. Oh, and while we are at it, she never said she could see Russia from her house either. Tina Fey said that.
Beatrice| 10.6.11 @ 7:15PM
Herman Cain says that black people have been brainwashed to always vote democrat, but when you have a republican saying that if you aren't rich and don't have a job then it's your own fault! Come on! What black person would vote republican after listening to that statement. I am 48 years old did everything right went to college , got a degree and found myself hurt and disabled 3 years ago. I am struggling with disability payments to pay my mortgage, buy food, medicine and pay utilities. So Mr. (know it all) Cain don't go around saying that it's my own fault that I am disabled!!!! and struggling.
Beatrice| 10.6.11 @ 7:15PM
Herman Cain says that black people have been brainwashed to always vote democrat, but when you have a republican saying that if you aren't rich and don't have a job then it's your own fault! Come on! What black person would vote republican after listening to that statement. I am 48 years old did everything right went to college , got a degree and found myself hurt and disabled 3 years ago. I am struggling with disability payments to pay my mortgage, buy food, medicine and pay utilities. So Mr. (know it all) Cain don't go around saying that it's my own fault that I am disabled!!!! and struggling.
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