Herman Cain is surprise winner of Florida straw poll
There are still months to go before voters even begin the nominating contest for the Republican party’s presidential candidate. But the surprising results of Florida’s presidential straw poll on Saturday are getting a lot of attention. Businessman Herman Cain won the poll in a landslide victory with 37 percent of the vote. He isn’t a candidate we think of being among the front runners but his comments in these past few weeks have been memorable. Texas governor Rick Perry got just over 15 percent, Mitt Romney 14 percent, and Congresswoman Michele Bachmann came in last. Marc Caputo, political reporter for the Miami Herald, joins us to talk about the poll results.
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