Schaumburg, Ill. – Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain won the TeaCon 2011 Straw Poll with 77% of the vote. Organizers say Michele Bachmann and Newt Gingrich came in second and third place.
Greeted like a rock star, newly crowned Republican presidential candidate frontrunner Herman Cain was the main attraction at the Midwest Tea Party Convention, TeaCon 2011 in Schaumburg, Illinois.
According to Cain, “This patriot movement is what’s going to save this nation. No, not hope darling, we will save this nation… I kind of like clinging to my guns and Bibles and I’m not going to let them go.”
The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain was clearly the crowd favorite and the only GOP candidate to show up to this inaugural TeaCon 2011:
Republican Presidential Candidate Herman Cain Wins TeaCon 2011 Straw Poll: MyFoxCHICAGO.com
Thanks to my fellow Chicagoan Warner Todd Huston who was lucky to attend this star-studded TeaCon in Schaumburg, IL.
Herman Cain answers questions from the press at the conservative activist conference called TeaCon 2011 in a northwestern suburb of Chicago, October 1, 2011.
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