MSNBC: ….. Herman Cain now leads the race for the Republican presidential nomination, according to the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll.
…. the onetime frontrunner, Rick Perry, has plummeted to third place, dropping more than 20 percentage points since late August:
Cain 27, Romney 23, Perry 16, Paul 11, Gingrich 8, Bachmann 5, Huntsman 3, Santorum 1
In the previous survey, conducted in late August, Perry led the field at 38%, Romney stood at 23%, while Cain was at only 5%.
President Obama 46 v Romney 44 – President Obama 49 v Cain 38 – President Obama 51 v Perry 39
….. 78% of Democratic primary voters say they want their party to nominate Obama again as its 2012 presidential candidate. By comparison, in April 1995, 67% of Democrats said the same of Bill Clinton….
