Ouch!
CNN reports that Florida’s Repubs don’t like Governor ‘Goodhair’:
Orlando, Florida (CNN) – Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s presidential campaign was dealt a worrying blow Saturday when he finished in a distant second place to businessman Herman Cain in a closely watched straw poll in Florida.
Cain won 37% of the 2,657 votes cast in the straw poll conducted at Presidency 5, a three-day convention sponsored by the Republican Party of Florida that brought thousands of party activists to Orlando.
Perry’s campaign had courted Presidency 5 delegates for weeks and printed up glossy fliers that were distributed throughout the convention hall in Orlando, but the Texas governor captured just 410 votes, or 15.4% of the vote.
Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney finished third with 14%.
It’s all about fund-raising, and these results don’t inspire donors. The Repubs are running out of time to find a candidate that is acceptable to a majority of their party, without even considering a majority of voters in the general election.
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Herman Cain? Dude is the second coming of Alan Keyes. He’s as unhinged as Michele Bachmann, but without any sex appeal. Florida Republicans must be *really* peeved at the current lineup of GOP “leaders” to straw poll him as #1.
– Badtux the Baffled Penguin
It was totally off-the-wall. I don’t think the people who voted for him had the slightest inkling he would win… or they really like his pizza.
They may have assumed that being a CEO made him a good choice, but it really looks like a ‘none of the above’ choice to me.
Uhm, I’ve eaten his pizza. It ain’t all that, if ya get my drift.
I decidedly agree with you though, this was more a vote *against* the front runners, than *for* Alan Keyes II.
– Badtux the Somewhat-baffled Penguin
I might think differently if there was any evidence of a sense of humor among these people, but I have seen no evidence to support that – and a lot of evidence that suggests they have no idea what humor is.
They believe humor consists of threatening to hurt someone. At least, when you call one of the right-wing thugs on their threats, they look hurt and say “but it was just a joke!”. Uhm, oooookay, step away from the crack pipe…
– Badtux the Humor Penguin
Ah, yes – “If you weren’t so ‘Politically Correct’ you would get the joke” excuse for the hate that characterizes their mindsets.