Not according to Zappy. Bachmann was said to have "lost Georgia" when she came in third in their straw poll. I maintained that she didn't "lose" anything, because there was really nothing to win, it didn't count for anything and doesn't have anything to do with the primary elections. But he argued for a week that she had lost... I think he's still arguing it in that thread.
I think it's impressive how many straw polls Cain is winning. It makes me wonder if the media is being honest, as they try to frame this as a race between Perry and Romney. We've seen all too many times, the media pick the candidate... constantly bombarding us with the idea one of these two men will ultimately prevail, and the rest don't really have a chance. People hear this, over and over and over... by the time it comes time to cast their vote, they have fallen for the trap, and end up picking one of the two, thinking it's going to be one of them and they want to pick the winner. Republicans, think for yourself! Vote for the candidate YOU like, don't listen to the media! I think Cain has a better than average shot, but what I see happening is the same thing that gave us Bob Dole and John McCain as candidates.
