The NBC/Wall Street Journal poll has named Herman Cain the front-runner for the Republican nomination in 2012. According to the poll 27 percent of Republican voters surveyed made Cain their first choice, and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney their second pick at 23 percent .
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In a report on MSNBC, poll respondents were praising Cain for being a straight-shooter.
A 46-year old man from Florida said about Cain: “He has common-sense answers and is in touch with the heartbeat of America.”
Another respondent in his mid-50s, from Washington said, “Cain gives direct answers. He is succinct. He isn’t a politician.”
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