percent of the vote about the survey was taken in august. and things are no different for cain. one poll has him on top with 28% of the vote, leading romney by 5 points, and ron paul with 8% of the vote. what s interesting in a three-way primary race in ohio, cain defeats romney by 7 points and perry by 30. joining me to talk about his rise to the top is businessman, republican presidential candidate, the one and only herman cain. those numbers have to make you feel pretty good. well, they make me feel pretty good, but also means that we have to still continue to work hard. we are very pleased with that but we are not letting up and we are sticking to our strategy. what do you think is the reason for this incredible rise you have had? and the question a lot of us had early on, pawlenty was up, down-and-out, michele bachman had a surge, perry had a surge. you seem to be maintaining it.
top, you have that bulls eye on your back, and this has now come up as an issue. what do you say to people who are criticizing you for that? well, people, you are absolutely right, sean. 2006 i was trying to stay alive. i only had a 30% chance of survival. the good news is i have now been totally cancer free for five years. and, yes, we may have missed the filing of one of the states, and they filed a a lien, but we took care of it. what i have to say to people that have to dig that deep to find something to say about herman cain, it simply says my message is resonating. and my message is connecting. if they have to dig that deep to come up with something negative, then we don t have anything to worry about. and as you know, it s only going to get worse because of those poll numbers that you referred to earlier. it s only going to get worse. and i m just going to warn listeners and viewers now, watch
fire, attacking foreign policy, and while he was sick with cancer he didn t pay tacks which i think is absurd and they are looking for any nitty-gritty. rick perry comes out with the flat tax plan. do you see the field settling in or do you think it s still changing. i think it s very fluid and changing, sean. you look back over the last couple election psyche speaking you see this kind of dynamic where you ve got a frontrunner and then the frontrunner sub sides and somebody else replaces him. look, not a single republican voter has voted in any primary yet so there s still a lot of shaking out to do. herman cain, welcome to frontrunner status. fox news had a poll this afternoon that showed him number one. he s now beating romney nationwide. lou being at some of the state by state policy, including ohio where you are sitting. herman cain is now leading the pack. so look, this is trial by fire. they have got to be able to take the incoming from members of their own party because they
here. we are definitely looking out for you. welcome to the special edition of hannity. we are from the capitol building in columbus, ohio. in just a moment i will be joined by presidential candidate herman cain. also you will hear from ohio governor and michelle and many more. but first there s new evidence that herman cain has indeed taken over the status as frontrunner for the republican nomination. according to a fox news poll released a short time ago, herman cain now leads mitt romney 4 points, newt gingrich rounds out the top three with 12%, followed by rick perry and ron paul. to put in perspective, cain s epic surge, he received only six
i m not worry about that. and the other reason i don t worry about it, the american people, they get it. they are chanting 9-9-9 which means if bureaucrats and politicians want to try to raise it without a very compelling reason, i believe that the american public is going to hold their feet to the fire. i m not worried about it. all right. now, you came out recently with an add that, we call it the smoking ad, and it s gotten a lot of play all over the media. we played it last night on this program. frankly, i can t figure out the ad so i want to run it and hopefully you can explained me what this ad is about. pretty funny ad, but i want to give you a chance to respond. [laughter] i really believe that herman cain will put united back in the united states of america, and if i didn t believe that, i wouldn t be here. we run a campaign like nobody has ever seen. but then american has never seen a candidate like herman cain.