Poll Results Show Cain's Force

A Fox News poll just released shows Herman Cain taking the lead among Republican presidential primary candidates, having the support of 24% of Republican voters over Romney's lowest poll report of 20%. Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza, has had the strongest surge in support and overall campaign recognition the primary campaign has seen within the last month. Transforming from a seemingly unknown candidate to the now-frontrunner, one has to wonder "Is this guy for real?"

How could a strong fiscal conservative with a business background but never having served in public office be the frontrunner of the Republican political ticket? Are Republicans still discontent with the current government enough to elect a candidate with no political history whatsoever? Romney, the previous frontrunner has experienced a rough week of conservative criticism due to lack of stance on the issue of Ohio's labor union limitations. Often labeled a "flipflopper," Romney needs to develop a sure conservative stance in order to offset Cain's triumph with fiscal conservatives looking for a leader.

Cain brings no obvious flaw to the circle, making him an especially hard candidate to attack with no political history to criticize and only strong, positive career background details. However, being so little known and with his current 9-9-9 struggle, Cain has his own hurdles to jump. The 9-9-9 tax plan that Cain has established for his campaign is going to strangle his campaign against Romney. Though he enjoys higher poll ratings, Romney will appear closer to the Iowa and New Hampshire caucus and primary as the stronger candidate. Romney his saving his big plans and attacks for when it really counts, and not put too much effort into the race too early as he did for the 2008 presidential election. The 9-9-9 both excites some, and discourages other fiscal conservatives in the GOP, who are the very reason Cain has such high poll ratings at this point.

Romney needs to go after the 9-9-9 tax plan and the added federal sales tax aspect it empowers the federal government with and attract the fiscal conservatives. He had the fiscal conservative vote in the 2008 primary, and he has the ability to get them back this time around if he points out the fundamental flaws with Cain's proposed tax plan. If Romney attacks Cain's tax plan, and appears as the true businessman fiscal conservative in the race, he can expect to recover the current poll deficit and push forward into his expected victory surge heading into Iowa and New Hampshire in early January.