MMC
10-29-2011, 06:04 AM
http://news.yahoo.com/cain-momentum-continues-south-could-key-073822828.html
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — Herman Cain's rise in the polls appears to be no fluke.
Unlike some other Republican presidential contenders who have flamed out fast after auditioning as the conservative antidote to Mitt Romney, Cain is still riding high atop public opinion surveys.
He's carving out an unorthodox — and some say impossible — path to the White House, largely eschewing early voting states to focus heavily on the South — where tea party groups, social conservatives and evangelical voters that make up the backbone of his support hold sway. It's been weeks since Cain has set foot in Iowa or New Hampshire. Instead, he's barnstormed through Tennessee and Alabama, states that don't hold primaries until March.
Block argues that next year's compressed primary calendar means more states will play larger roles. So instead of tromping around New Hampshire trying to win over skeptics, the campaign team is revving up support in states where Cain's small government, anti-tax message and church revival-style delivery resonate with voters.
And in the South, some Cain supporters say that supporting an African-American could turn long-held racial perceptions around. No Deep South states supported Barack Obama in 2008 and elected representatives in the state have become more racially polarized in recent years....snip~
For some reason he thinks he can win with just the South. He has to have more money than the media is saying. He has written books. Are they forgetting that. Again Perry thinks he can knock him out the game. I don't see how now. Cain has survived the Media Blitz unlike Perry. Cain is way more popular. He needs more than the South. But he is right about one thing. Why worry about Iowa and NH and their picky choosers. Leave them with no Choice but to decide between the Mormon Romney or Cain. :-\
HOMEWOOD, Ala. (AP) — Herman Cain's rise in the polls appears to be no fluke.
Unlike some other Republican presidential contenders who have flamed out fast after auditioning as the conservative antidote to Mitt Romney, Cain is still riding high atop public opinion surveys.
He's carving out an unorthodox — and some say impossible — path to the White House, largely eschewing early voting states to focus heavily on the South — where tea party groups, social conservatives and evangelical voters that make up the backbone of his support hold sway. It's been weeks since Cain has set foot in Iowa or New Hampshire. Instead, he's barnstormed through Tennessee and Alabama, states that don't hold primaries until March.
Block argues that next year's compressed primary calendar means more states will play larger roles. So instead of tromping around New Hampshire trying to win over skeptics, the campaign team is revving up support in states where Cain's small government, anti-tax message and church revival-style delivery resonate with voters.
And in the South, some Cain supporters say that supporting an African-American could turn long-held racial perceptions around. No Deep South states supported Barack Obama in 2008 and elected representatives in the state have become more racially polarized in recent years....snip~
For some reason he thinks he can win with just the South. He has to have more money than the media is saying. He has written books. Are they forgetting that. Again Perry thinks he can knock him out the game. I don't see how now. Cain has survived the Media Blitz unlike Perry. Cain is way more popular. He needs more than the South. But he is right about one thing. Why worry about Iowa and NH and their picky choosers. Leave them with no Choice but to decide between the Mormon Romney or Cain. :-\