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Herman Cain’s Popularity Triples

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The ex-pizza CEO is just 2 points below Mitt Romney in Gallup poll.

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Herman Cain is on a roll. His support has tripled in just three weeks, landing the former pizza exec with 18 percent support, only 2 points away from Mitt Romney, according to a new Gallup survey. Rick Perry, on the other hand, is supported by only 15 percent of Republicans and right-leaning independents. That number is half what it was a month ago. Gallup predicts the nomination will be narrowed down to a three-way grab between Romney, Perry, and Cain—whose performance in recent debates seems to be behind his current surge.

Read it at USA Today