Rick Perry loses Florida straw poll!
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by PoliPundit
September 24, 2011

Perry placed all his hopes on Florida. He was expected to win big. But, by strongly supporting illegal immigration, he turned off enough voters to make Herman Cain the winner of the Florida straw poll!

Perry could muster just 15 percent of the vote, despite making an all-out effort. Even Mitt Romney, who wasn’t officially competing in the straw poll, got 14 percent.

This is the beginning of the end of Perry’s candidacy; but we should work to make sure he is not our nominee. We cannot afford to have a Republican presidential nominee who thinks a border fence is “idiocy,â€