It was not a good weekend for Texas Gov. Rick Perry. After going all out to win the Florida President 5 straw poll, Perry lost by more than 20-points to Herman Cain. Then, without even showing up, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney won the Mackinaw Island straw poll in Michigan by more than 30-points.

Perry’s dismal performance in Thursday’s debate clearly cost him what should have been a slam dunk win in Florida. “I came in leaning towards Perry, but I really liked Cain,” CPAC voter Kelly Rainer told National Review. “I want him to be stronger,” Rainer said of Perry. “I just want to see it. I don’t feel he has as great a command of what he’s talking about. Maybe just he hasn’t been in the race as long as the other guys. I feel like every debate they pick something out to hit him at, and I haven’t felt him respond the way I want to hear. I’m waiting, though.”