New WaPo/ABC poll: Quick rise/quick fall for Perry in repub polling

[pampango]

After a quick rise in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has experienced an almost equally dramatic decline, losing about half of his support over the past month, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Among announced candidates — without Christie or Palin in the race — Romney leads with 25 percent, which is identical to his support from a month ago. Perry and Cain are tied for second with 16 percent, numbers representing a 13-point drop for Perry and a 12-point rise for Cain since early September.

Rep. Ron Paul (Tex.) is the only other candidate in double figures, at 11 percent. Just behind him are former House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) and Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.), both with 7 percent. Gingrich’s support has held steady through the late summer. Bachmann’s numbers fell sharply after Perry announced his candidacy.

The falloff for Perry against other announced candidates has been particularly steep among those aligned with the tea party movement. In early September, Perry had a 3-to-1 advantage over any other candidate among those “strongly” backing the tea party, but his supported has plummeted from 45 percent to 10 percent in this group.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rick-perry-slips-herman-cain-rises-in-bid-for-gop-nomination-poll-finds/2011/10/03/gIQASiJiJL_story.html

[Proud Liberal Dem]

1. I'm surprised

I thought that he'd be everything the Republican Tea Party would want in a candidate? :shrug: It's almost kind of sad that the things that seem to have done him in is that he's apparently not heartless enough towards the children of illegal immigrants and that he signed laws to require vaccination against HPV for girls. :eyes: The way that he "fell" almost seemed orchestrated by the upper echelons of the GOP. Rove perhaps? :shrug:

[AlinPA]

2. I predict a rebound by Perry. He is still a teabagger's dream and the ranch sign should help him

with the base of the party. All Perry needs is another God show and to say Jesus more and he will be back on top. A little birther talk will help him, too. Crazies still run the show and Romney does not have the teabagger-crazy style not to mention that he is a Mormon and that won't make it in the primaries.

[dtexdem]

3. Hey, it's the time of the Texas State Fair! And Perry is ...

on the rollercoaster. ;-)