Results:
Herman Cain 37%
Perry 15%
Romney 14%
Michele Bachmann was dead last.
Pundits thought Cain performed well in the Republican debate.
Here he discusses his 9-9-9 plan.
Reuters reported:
Former pizza executive Herman Cain surprised rival Rick Perry with an upset victory on Saturday in a nonbinding Republican presidential straw poll in Florida, dealing a disappointing loss to the Texas governor two days after a shaky debate performance.
Perry, leading in the polls for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, had needed a victory in the key test of strength in a crucial state to salve the wounds left over from a debate with his rivals on Thursday in which he struggled.
Instead, former Godfather’s Pizza executive Cain, who is far behind the two top-tier candidates Perry and Mitt Romney, won with 37 percent of 2,657 votes cast.
Perry was a distant second at 15 percent, just ahead of Romney, who won 14 percent despite not participating in the poll. Further back were Rick Santorum, Ron Paul, Newt Gingrich, Jon Huntsman and Michele Bachmann…
The Perry camp shrugged off the results.
Evidently, Florida Republicans don’t like to be told they “don’t have a heart” if they don’t want to pay tuition for illegal aliens.
Dave in Texas has thoughts on Rick Perry’s Florida performance.
