On the Trail: Oct. 4

Cain wins two more straw polls as Bachmann flops.

Barack Obama - Billionaire Warren Buffett hosted a fundraiser in Manhattan for President Obama Sept. 30, but according a report in The New York Times, the turnout was “strong but less than overwhelming,” which may reflect a struggle to attract support from Wall Street bankers whom he called “fat cat bankers” in 2009. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

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Barack Obama - Billionaire Warren Buffett hosted a fundraiser in Manhattan for President Obama Sept. 30, but according a report in The New York Times, the turnout was “strong but less than overwhelming,” which may reflect a struggle to attract support from Wall Street bankers whom he called “fat cat bankers” in 2009. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Rep. Michelle Bachmann - Since her big win in Iowa last month, Rep. Michele Bachmann has gone from political riches to rags, coming in at the bottom of straw polls in Florida and Michigan. Questions abound about whether her campaign is running out of both cash and steam.(Photo: REUTERS/MOLLY RILEY/LANDOV)

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Rep. Michelle Bachmann - Since her big win in Iowa last month, Rep. Michele Bachmann has gone from political riches to rags, coming in at the bottom of straw polls in Florida and Michigan. Questions abound about whether her campaign is running out of both cash and steam.(Photo: REUTERS/MOLLY RILEY/LANDOV)

Herman Cain - Herman Cain has won another straw poll. Representatives from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin attending the Midwest Tea Party Convention, TeaCon 2011, gave him 77 percent of the vote. He also received 48.9 percent of the vote in a straw poll at the National Federation of Republican Women's Convention, way ahead of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who placed second with 14.1 percent.(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

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Herman Cain - Herman Cain has won another straw poll. Representatives from Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin attending the Midwest Tea Party Convention, TeaCon 2011, gave him 77 percent of the vote. He also received 48.9 percent of the vote in a straw poll at the National Federation of Republican Women's Convention, way ahead of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who placed second with 14.1 percent.(Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Newt Gingrich - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who famously crafted the GOP’s original Contract with America in 1994, has unveiled an updated version for the 21st century. At a national Republican women's group convention in Missouri last weekend, he said, “It's a combination of conservatives, independents and those liberals that believe the current system isn't working.”(Photo: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT/Landov)

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Newt Gingrich - Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who famously crafted the GOP’s original Contract with America in 1994, has unveiled an updated version for the 21st century. At a national Republican women's group convention in Missouri last weekend, he said, “It's a combination of conservatives, independents and those liberals that believe the current system isn't working.”(Photo: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/MCT/Landov)

Jon Huntsman - Jon Huntsman is moving his campaign headquarters from Florida to New Hampshire, a sign that he knows that if he loses in the Granite State’s upcoming primary contest, he might as well pack it in, the Associated Press reports. Although he continues to be at the bottom of national polls, his numbers in New Hampshire have begun to improve.(Photo: AP Photo/Joe Burbank)

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Jon Huntsman - Jon Huntsman is moving his campaign headquarters from Florida to New Hampshire, a sign that he knows that if he loses in the Granite State’s upcoming primary contest, he might as well pack it in, the Associated Press reports. Although he continues to be at the bottom of national polls, his numbers in New Hampshire have begun to improve.(Photo: AP Photo/Joe Burbank)

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Ron Paul - While his Republican rivals poke at each other, Rep. Ron Paul has saved his recent digs for President Obama, admonishing him for the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, ABC News reports. “If the American people accept this blindly and casually, have a precedent of an American president assassinating people who he thinks are bad, I think that’s sad,” the Texas lawmaker said.(Photo: AP Photo/Joe Burbank)

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Ron Paul - While his Republican rivals poke at each other, Rep. Ron Paul has saved his recent digs for President Obama, admonishing him for the killing of Anwar al-Awlaki, the American-born leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, ABC News reports. “If the American people accept this blindly and casually, have a precedent of an American president assassinating people who he thinks are bad, I think that’s sad,” the Texas lawmaker said.(Photo: AP Photo/Joe Burbank)

Rick Perry - Gov. Rick Perry has come under fire about a hunting camp leased by his family that was for years called “N-----head.” He says that once he saw the “offensive name that has no place in the modern world" in 1983 or 1984, he asked his parents to change it, but others claim it wasn’t changed until much later.(Photo: AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

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Rick Perry - Gov. Rick Perry has come under fire about a hunting camp leased by his family that was for years called “N-----head.” He says that once he saw the “offensive name that has no place in the modern world" in 1983 or 1984, he asked his parents to change it, but others claim it wasn’t changed until much later.(Photo: AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)

Mitt Romney - Although Mitt Romney, based on most polls, is the GOP candidate who would be the most competitive in a contest with President Obama, has raised the most money and built the most disciplined campaign operation, he still struggles to connect with Republican voters. “If you could only combine Mitt Romney with Herman Cain," mused an attendee during a recent town hall meeting the former Massachusetts governor hosted in New Hampshire.(Photo: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

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Mitt Romney - Although Mitt Romney, based on most polls, is the GOP candidate who would be the most competitive in a contest with President Obama, has raised the most money and built the most disciplined campaign operation, he still struggles to connect with Republican voters. “If you could only combine Mitt Romney with Herman Cain," mused an attendee during a recent town hall meeting the former Massachusetts governor hosted in New Hampshire.(Photo: AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Rick Santorum - Rick Santorum, who has yet to win a straw poll, is taking a harder stand against his opponents. In an interview on the Laura Ingraham Show on Sept. 29, Santorum accused Rick Perry of wanting taxpayers to subsidize illegal immigrants, called Herman Cain’s tax proposal a “big mistake” and said that Mitt Romney is “not a conservative.”(Photo: AP Photo/John Raoux)

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Rick Santorum - Rick Santorum, who has yet to win a straw poll, is taking a harder stand against his opponents. In an interview on the Laura Ingraham Show on Sept. 29, Santorum accused Rick Perry of wanting taxpayers to subsidize illegal immigrants, called Herman Cain’s tax proposal a “big mistake” and said that Mitt Romney is “not a conservative.”(Photo: AP Photo/John Raoux)