NYT/CBS Poll: Cain Maintains Lead Over Romney; Update: DWS Blasts Perry Tax Plan
**Written by Doug Powers
Karl Rove stuck a fork in him, Hillary Clinton mocked him, much has been made of a couple of statements that needed clarifying, other GOP candidates as well as those who make a good living off the current bloated tax code have blasted 999, and his Chief of Staff is a ::gulp:: smoker, but in spite of all that, Herman Cain maintains a lead:
Businessman Herman Cain is now atop the field of Republican White House hopefuls, squeaking past former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the latest CBS News/New York Times poll.
Cain garnered 25 percent support of Republican primary voters in the poll released on Tuesday, compared to Romney’s 21 percent.
The number describing themselves as undecided is diminishing, and it looks like many of them are falling toward Cain and Romney:

Surprising that Huntsman didn’t get more of a bump from Chris Matthews’ admission that he’s tingle-worthy, isn’t it?
As always, things can change rapidly. Four years ago today, Giuliani and Thompson were leading the polls.
As far as the candidate I can most identify with, this week I’ve got to go with Rick Santorum for trying to watch a football game during a speech:
GOP nomination update: Debbie Wasserman Schultz just called Rick Perry’s tax plan the “definition of insanity.” In other words, it’s probably a pretty good plan. A hearty thumbs-down from DWS might be good enough for bump in the polls for Perry.
**Written by Doug Powers
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Wrong. I am asserting no candidate is perfect, as MM so eloquently said.
I wouldn’t hold my nose for either, and actually sent cash to Bachmann’s campaign first. (You?) I’ve since seen she is not ready for prime time. Cain’s leadership is stronger, and he can win it. Bachmann VP? Bring it!
Guess you missed Michelle’s Hold Your Nose Tracker. Michelle and Doug are both professed “noseholders” Get it? Are you suggesting they are not conservative?
I call Phil a RINO because he discounts traditional conservative values as unimportant in candidates. A president should know abortion is evil, marriage involves a man and a woman – and for God sake he/she should know there is a God! Fiscal and Constitutional conservatism is necessary, but not enough.
Early flight. swede out.
Ref #69: Please, don’t you EVER use the word love when you’re speaking to or about me.
The topic is the upcoming caucases, not your addressing silly, arrogant, condescending, patronizing statements to me. Ooops, I forgot, that’s how the majority of liberals speak to others they think are beneath them.
Leftie IFF?
And you’re wrong. Bachmann is perfect.
I don’t have money to send to any candidate, though Bachmann would be the only one I’d send money to. We’ll see in a month or so how my finances are.
Hillary’s leadership is wonderfully strong. So is Putin’s.
No, I will not hold my nose to vote for Cain just to see the right candidate stuck in at VP.
Cain’s a lot of talk, but he hasn’t walked the walk like Bachmann has. Cain’s 9/9/9 plan is disastrous, and he’s confusing on several issues important to me. If I had an example of where he’d stood his ground and did what he said he’d do, like Bachmann, I’d feel better about him.
I’m sorry, but that childish argument hasn’t worked with me since 2nd grade. I adore Ms Malkin. But she can, and has, been wrong in the past, and will be wrong again.
I saw the noseholder tracker, and simply because she chose that title, and used it to point out the flaws in the current frontrunners, does NOT mean she’s going to hold her nose just to get Obama out. The election is still a year off.
Anyone who thinks it’s more important to get an R in the White House (or to get a D out of the White House) than it is to get a C in the White House is a CINO. Period, end of line.
Doug… he’s definitely to the left of Ms Malkin. And therefore wrong more often.
I tend to follow Ann Coulter’s view; I’m middle of the road and the rest of y’all are crazy. Only, “middle of the road” is conservative.
Dude. Send me some of whatever your smoking!
Seriously, send me the stuff. Re-read the man’s bio please. He’s a visionary, builder, mega-manager and a problem solver. I’ll take than over any politician any day and 5 times on Sunday.
SHEEEEEEEEESHHHHHHHH!!!!! It is important to get ZERO out. Get it? Putz-OTUS must go ASAP to begin rebuilding the economy and re-establish US credibility in the world. I have not registered GOP since 2000. I am independent Conservative, not libertarian either. I have NEVER voted for anyone because they were Republican – I voted for them in spite of it. Get it?
I would be delighted with either Bachmann or Cain in the Whitehouse. Please do not tell me Cain would not be better for the country and future than ZERO. Please.
At any rate, do something NOW. The important thing is that Romney or Perry are NOT the candidates on the ballot.
Relax. You just got owned on the internet by a ‘liberal.’ It’s not the end of the world. Sip a drink and relax. Enjoy your evening. Come back stronger another day.
I agree swede. Actually I am torn between the two of them. I also would be happy with Santorum or Newt. I also am not sure what I will do if Perry or Romney prevails. I still think winning the Congress and purging the current GOP leadership in it is almost as critical as the Oval Office.
I just want that corrupt, incompetent Marxist gone. He has turned our government into a sewer. My frst act as President would be to terminate any person hired during Obama’s term as President. I do not care if it was a GS-3 admin clerk. I would make sure I got them all ot. Then I would purge the Department of State of every Democrat I could find.
It will take 12 years to undo the damage Obama has inflicted. He damaged this country 20 times worse than Bin Laden ever did.
Mitt Romney, the ‘republican’ candidate endorsed by the same majority of fine voters who brought us Ted Kennedy, John Kerry and … Michael Dukakis.
Yecccch!
FirstSkirt–don’t you carry a sgian dubh for rubbish like this?
KENTROYAL #106. You just got owned on the internet by a ‘liberal.”
Bwaahaa….sure…in your dreams, skippy.
Spaceycakes….why, yes I do, and it’s always a good idea to target practice using an Obeyme bullseye – heh.
fantastic;
Alba go Bragh!!!
What, I thought you women used crochet hooks?
heh. You’ll never know what you might find in the sporran.
kentroyals5
(laughs)
Actually, I think you just confirmed his assessment.
The weird thing is that in 2008 he was one of the most conservative candidates.
Speaking of Perry, it’s no secret that the media tried to “gotcha” Perry with questions about Obama’s (in)eligibility.
And while it absolutely matters whether or not the purported birth certificate is fraudulent, that is not as important as an even bigger cover-up:
People need to understand that
And TAMPERING WITH OFFICIAL WRITINGS IS A FEDERAL CRIME UNDER 18 U.S.C. 1018.
And the “programming error” theory has been debunked. It appears that the alterations of Supreme Court decisions at Justia.com were done intentionally, to conceal the fact that the Supreme Court precedent, first set in Minor v. Happersett, and later cited in 25 other cases(!), is that a natural born citizen is:
Joe Farah’s Op Ed:
But an ‘Anti-Obama’ is exactly who we need whether black, white, purple, striped or all four so that’s why I am voting for Herman Cain.
The fact he is black is just an added plus simply because it will nullify the racial advantage Obama would receive otherwise.
(Sticking tongue out at Janet Garofalo…)
Have your heard about Justiagate?
http://www.bing.com/search?q=Justiagate
http://www.google.com/#q=Justiagate
Somebody tell Justice Roberts – he swore in the big Zero.
If NOT the SCOTUS then WHO is charged with OBEYING the US Constitution on such issues?