Herman Cain: Five signs that Cain's got momentum
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Is the man who brought you such hits as trademarking 鈥溾�� and the 鈥�999 Plan鈥� hitting his political stride? Is this Herman Cain鈥檚 moment?
Exhibit A: This week鈥檚 showing Herman Cain with the support of 17 percent of GOP primary voters, a hair behind Texas Gov. Rick Perry at 19 percent and within reach of Mitt Romney at 23 percent. Cain was at 6 percent a month ago, before the GOP鈥檚 marathon debate schedule put all the candidates in front of voters over and over again.
Exhibit B: Cain at the most recent straw poll (in Florida), taking home 37 percent of the vote to Perry鈥檚 15.4 percent and Romney鈥檚 14 percent. While some saw it as a protest vote against Rick Perry, the fact remains: Cain cleaned house.
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Exhibit D (above): Herman Cain is . The above Inside Facebook chart shows Facebook fans gained, by day.
Cain鈥檚 203,000-strong Facebook fanbase is still well behind Mitt Romney鈥檚 more than 1.1 million Facebook devotees - but of course, Romney has been running for president for five years.
The question for Herman Cain? He鈥檚 also behind Michele Bachmann, who has north of 450,000 Facebook fans. Will he wind up like Bachmann, generating a ton of short-term heat but without much long-term light?
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- See who Herman Cain absolutely won鈥檛 support for the GOP presidential nod (hint: ).
- Figure out for yourself whether Herman Cain鈥檚 鈥�9-9-9 plan鈥� is a .
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