DETROIT NEWS: Mackinac Island– Michigan native Mitt Romney won the presidential straw poll at the Republican Leadership Conference on Mackinac Island, the poll’s organizers announced Sunday.
Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who is seen as the national frontrunner and made his Michigan debut in a luncheon speech to the conference Saturday, finished second, followed by pizza mogul Herman Cain, who surprised many by winning a straw poll in Florida Saturday.
Romney’s victory was no surprise, despite the fact Romney has said he is not participating in straw polls during the 2012 presidential campaign. Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts and the son of the late Michigan Gov. George Romney, spoke at the conference Saturday evening… (more)
