For Herman Cain?s supporters, his decision to suspend his presidential campaign brings confusion about where to go next, frustration with the political process and heartbreak.
They won?t go to their next choice with the same fervor ? if they get involved in the primary at all.
Continue Reading?I feel like I?ve thrown my money away,? Greg Pucci, a western Michigan businessman who gave Cain $1,000 after seeing him at a Grand Rapids rally last month, said Friday. ?I?m not going to get burned like this again. I?m not going to give another dime to anybody until I figure out who is going to be the nominee.?
The same goes for Florida state Rep. Scott Plakon, who backed Tim Pawlenty and then threw his support to Cain before the Florida straw poll. Plakon said he?ll work for the GOP nominee in the general election but plans to stay out of presidential politics until the general election field is set.
?I may just focus on my legislative duties now,? he said. ?That?s not final, but that?s my feeling right now.?
And Jack Hoogendyk, a former Michigan state representative who has organized tea party supporters in the state for Cain, said he?s not ready to work for anyone else.
?My inclination is to step back and reassess who is still in and maybe wait through the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primaries,? he said. ?I?m not necessarily in a big hurry to jump on board with another campaign.?
For those who are ready to move on to a new candidate, Newt Gingrich is expected to be the biggest beneficiary: 38 percent of Cain backers list Gingrich as their second choice, according to Public Policy Polling.
But no other candidate engenders the same enthusiasm. Mike Rogers, a Hollis, N.H., telecommunications engineer, broke his wrist after falling while hanging a banner before a Cain rally in Nashua last month, then returned to the rally with his arm in a sling.
?I think I wind up with Newt,? Rogers said. ?If you asked me in June, I?d have have said, ?Hell no, that guy doesn?t have a prayer.? We may have to take the rough with the smooth and pray this guy knows what he?s doing.?
Dave Funk, the co-chairman of the Polk County, Iowa, GOP, said while he expects about half of Cain?s support going to Gingrich, though Rick Perry?s organization been working hard to court Cain?s Iowa staff and influential supporters in the state.
That squares with results earlier this week from Iowa pollster J. Ann Selzer, who said Gingrich and Perry will be the chief beneficiaries of Cain?s departure.
?They are working very rapidly,? Funk said.
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