A new Associated Press/GfK poll conducted 13 – 17 Oct 11 has been released concerning the Republican Tea Party (GOTP) nominating circus; the current poll results are:
Mittens Romney 30; Herman “Pizza Man” Cain 26; Reverend Rick Perry 13; Ronny Paul 8; Newter Gingrich 7; Michele “Krazy” Bachmann 4; Jon “I can’t believe it’s not butter” Huntsman and Ricky “The Ric” Santorum 2
The Pizza Man is still riding high in the polls. But now appears to be slipping after being tied with Romney; Perry’s continues to drop into second tier status with Newter; Paul and Krazy continue sharing a rubber room in political purgatory; while Huntsman and Santorum are still consistently bringing up the rear.
In Iowa, a new Insider Advantage poll conducted 16 Oct 11: Cain 26; Romney 18; Gingrich 12; Bachmann 11; Paul 10; Perry 6; Huntsman 1 and Santorum 0 …
In New Hampshire, the Insider Advantage poll conducted 16 Oct 11 shows Mittens’ lead being cut into a little by Cain; poll results: Mittens 39; Cain 24; Paul 11; Gingrich, Huntsman and Bachmann 5; Perry 2 and Santorum and Huntsman 0.
In South Carolina, the Insider Advantage poll conducted 16 Oct 11 shows the “Pizza Man” jumping way out ahead of Mittens: Cain 32; Romney 16; Perry 12; Gingrich 8; Paul 7; Bachmann 6; Huntsman 1 and Santorum 0.
So, in the three states polling right now Cain leads Romney 2-1 (Iowa and South Carolina) while Mittens leads in New Hampshire, right now it doesn’t look good for Romney but it’s highly doubtful Cain can stay on top.
According to the new Associated Press/GfK poll conducted 13 – 17 Oct 11, if the general election were held today:
President Obama 48/Romney 45
President Obama 49/Cain 43
President Obama 51/Perry 42
And no one else matters:
President Obama /Gingrich
President Obama /Paul
President Obama /Bachmann
President Obama /Santorum
President Obama/Huntsman
Currently there are only three serious GOTP candidates, and everyone else is gobbling up air at the debates; but, they are making things entertaining …
Pizza Man continues to annoy Mittens by being anywhere close to the top, much less tied for first –Mittens and the others tore into Cain during this week’s CNN debate and he didn’t fair very well against their criticism, we’ll see if he can somehow overcome his lagging effort.
If the GOTP clown car had finally stopped spinning, and the general election was held today, Mittens would now be the GOTP candidate, and would have still lost to President Obama.
The Liberty Tree 
frogcycle
October 22, 2011 at 06:30
This thing could play out hysterically. If Cain wins a couple of early states, conventional wisdom says he then gets all the backing and sweeps to the nomination. But a little bit of scrutiny will have the less nutty members of the republic party saying ‘holy crap!” They will have to scramble to somehow pull their freak show out of the dumper. Could be fun to watch. I still think the man behind the curtain – or men (kochs) – might try to pull a rabbit out of a hat, and run someone not even on the radar now. How about Dan Quayle? 🙂 Or the color-coded scare tactics maven? What a comedy!