"Romney wins Michigan straw poll" September 26, 2011
Michigan native Mitt Romney rolled over Governor Rick Perry of Texas and the rest of his Republican presidential rivals in a Michigan straw poll yesterday, reinforcing a favorite-son status that could make it tough for anyone else to win the state’s GOP primary.
It was the second day of bad news for Perry, who lost to businessman Herman Cain in a Florida straw poll Saturday....
Also see: Sunday Globe Special: The Health of the Perry Campaign
In the Michigan straw poll, Romney won 50.1 percent of the 681 votes cast compared to 16.8 percent for Perry. Cain got 8.5 percent, while Representative Ron Paul of Texas got 7.7 percent. Minnesota Representative Michele Bachmann received 4 percent; former House speaker Newt Gingrich won 3.5 percent; former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum got 3.4 percent; and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman got 2 percent....
In New Hampshire, Representative Ron Paul of Texas has done some town halls....
Paul will be the second presidential candidate to do a We the People Town Hall, at 6:30 p.m. next Monday at Nashua Community College....
Paul will also be doing a town hall meeting on Friday evening at 6:30 p.m. at Thomas More College in Merrimack. That will follow a full day of campaigning for Paul....
A Rasmussen poll out Friday found Romney again trouncing the rest of the Republican field, getting support from 39 percent of likely Republican primary voters. Perry did do better in the Rasmussen poll, coming in second with 18 percent. (The poll was conducted before Thursday’s debate, in which Perry had a relatively poor showing.) Paul came in third with 13 percent, followed by Huntsman at 7 percent. The rest of the field was in the low single digits....
The AmeriKan media can no longer deny Paul is in the top tier.
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