— With New Jersey Gov. Christ Christie out of the way, presidential wannabee Mitt Romney whips his GOP rivals and Rick Perry continues his freefall, a new poll shows. Romney is firmly in the top Republican slot, coming in with 22 percent of the latest Quinnipiac University Polling Institute poll. Herman Cain surged to the second place slot with 17 percent and Texas Gov. Rick Perry continued his decline to third place with 14 percent, a 10-point drop in just five weeks. Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/10/05/2011-10-05_chris_christie...
