In a poll released today, Herman Cain is polling one percentage point ahead of Rick Perry among Texas Republican voters, 27 percent to 26 percent.
The poll, which was conducted by the University of Texas and the Texas Tribune, shows Cain and Perry far ahead of the rest of the pack. Ron Paul has 12 percent support, Mitt Romney 9 percent support, and Newt Gingrich is at 8 percent. Michele Bachmann, Rick Santorum, Gary Johnson and Jon Huntsman are at 2 percent or less.
University of Texas professor and poll co-director Daron Shaw told the Texas Tribune that “maybe the most important number is that Cain is up 37 percent to 24 percent among the most conservative voters. Perry wins with every other group.”
Perry is losing in Texas? Oh my.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThat's got to hurt.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePerry losing in Texas? Not for long.
Sexual shenanigans are pretty much de rigueur these days... but financial fiddling External Link
will kill you every time.
Buh bye, Herman.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLOL, riiiiight.
You Perry supporters are increasingly desperate.
Hope is not a strategy.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseOuch.
Will Perry now call Cain "heartless"?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseEveryone in Texas knows Rick Perry, so everyone who would supports Perry is already doing so. He has no ground to gain. Texans are not in love with Perry. We've reluctantly voted for him several times.
Rick Perry has won by default many times. He inherited the governorship and then faced Democrats for re-election. Little wonder why he won.
The time he was challenged in the primary, he was challenged from the left flank by Hutchinson. During the same primary, a minor candidate, Debra Medina, ran to Perry's right and started rapidly climbing in the polls until she self-destructed by coming out as a 9/11 truther. So that primary was another default win for Perry.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseLOL! Perry is the longest serving governor in the country and longest in Texas' history; governed half of Bush's 2nd term and won re-election THREE times, yet we "reluctantly" voted for him"several times". LOL!! Perry can only win by "default".Yep and he's kept Texas in good shape in spite of the worst recession in decades, making Texas the place to create jobs in America…but we "reluctantly" voted for him. Why is that? Did we want another Bush? A more Romney-like governor? Were we deprived of a true blue RINO?
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseHerman Cain is an admirable man and an intriguing candidate, but I'm not sure someone so far outside the Beltway has the ability to remove his hand from the Bible and hit the ground running - which is what this country needs. We don't have time for a President-in-Training. While most Americans don't like the political game-playing that goes on in Washington, it is a reality that must be dealt with and we shouldn't be overly confident that we can change reality by sending a non-politician to the Oval Office. Millions of voters believed they were getting a different kind of politician when they elected "hope and change" Obama and many are now unhappy with what they got. Being different doesn't guarantee success.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePerry rates 26% in his "Texas Miracle"?
This would explain why when Texans are given real choices Perry was re-elected in 2006 with a plurality of 39%.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseIt explains how an election is won when there are two well known independents (Kinky Friedman, Carole Strayhorn) as well as a Democrat and Libertarian running in the general. Perry got over 84% of the Republican primary vote against 3 opponents.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseNo, No, No. Why this cannot possibly be---I mean those "racist" Republicans picking the black fellow over a white guy! So much for the MSM out of touch stereotype of the Southern voter!
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseThe fact that Perry is not very well liked in Texas has been largely unreported so far, but it won't be if he gets the nomination.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbusePerry is not liked in Texas by Republicans, I can attest to that, but it should give all GOP voters pause that he's losing a poll in his home state, especially since Texas is famous for its loyalty to favorite sons. Go dig up old polls from when George W. Bush was running in 2000 for a comparison.
Perry's routine doesn't "wear" well with voters, even Republican ones from Texas. You can only imagine how independent voters that actually determine elections will react in the other 49 states.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseI disagree. Perry is fine with Republicans in Texas. Texas is not slavish to favorite sons per se. Bush got 87% of the primary vote against McCain, Forbes and Keyes. I and many other Texans want the best conservative that can win. Because of his poor debate performances, many Texans have rated Cain as their 1st choice and Perry their 2nd. I still think Perry is better and Cain is my second, but don't read this poll as "Texans don't like Perry", most will tell you he's been a great governor.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseDidn't see that one coming.
Reply to this commentLinkReport AbuseCain is ahead of Perry by 1% in a poll and that's supposed to mean Texas Republicans don't like Perry? Hardly. We want the best CONSERVATIVE to beat Romney and Obama. Almost every Cain supporter I know says Perry is their second choice. Perry has work to do because we want to be confident in the conservative we nominate and Perry has badly damaged his brand. You can't argue with Perry's record as governor without lying or distorting it, though, and he can still be a very viable candidate.
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