Cain Holds Lead in South Carolina
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on October 19th, 2011 4:38 am by HL
Cain Holds Lead in South Carolina
A new NBC News-Marist poll in South Carolina finds Herman Cain leading Mitt Romney among likely primary voters, 30% to 26%, followed by Rick Perry at 9%, Newt Gingrich at 6% and Reps. Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul at 5% each.
Among all registered Republicans in South Carolina, Cain leads Romney, 28% to 27%.
Quote of the Day
“You can’t have any illegals working on our property. I’m running for office, for pete’s sake, we can’t have illegals.”
— Mitt Romney, at last night’s Republican debate.
Cain Holds Edge in Florida
A new NBC News-Marist Poll in Florida shows Herman Cain edging Mitt Romney among likely primary voters, 32% to 31%, followed by Rick Perry at 8% and Ron Paul and Newt Gingrich are at 6%.
Among all Florida Republicans, Romney edges Cain, 30% to 29%.
More Debate Reaction
My reaction was that Mitt Romney won yet again and the Herman Cain bubble was popped.
Here are some other reactions:
Andrew Sullivan: “Perry gave petulance a whole new universe of meaning, and was so personal with Romney he lost the crowd. I wonder if Romney will appeal to Western Republicans more than Southern ones. But this felt to me like a settling. On Romney. And learning to like it.”
Howard Kurtz: “Perhaps such things shouldn’t matter, but by keeping his cool and forcing his rivals to stop interrupting him, Romney projected an image of strength–and cemented his status as the man to beat. He undoubtedly bested the Las Vegas spread in what had to be his most animated debate performance this year.”
Jonathan Chait: “Mitt Romney remains vastly better than his antagonists, but the gap has shrunk. Rick Perry has reduced his brain freezes in both number and duration. Romney took the first real damage of the debate season tonight, as Rick Santorum truthfully explained that Romney’s health care plan adopted essentially the same approach as President Obama’s. Romney kept evading the question, and explaining that the people of Massachusetts approve of his plan. I’m not sure that will help.”
