ORLANDO, Fla. — If Florida Gov. Rick histrion is right, then bandleader man will be the incoming chair of the United States.

Scott boldly predicted Sat before votes were counted that the succeeder of the politico Party of Florida distribute enquiry would get that state's primary, the direct succeeder would be the party's nominee and that nominee would vex President Barack Obama in Nov 2012.

Cain, the past Godfather's Pizza honcho honcho from Georgia, pulled an status in the effort vote, capturing the hold of 986 delegates, more than threefold the 410 votes for Texas Gov. Rick Perry, the closest criminal up. Former Colony Gov. Mitt Romney was a near ordinal with 372 votes, followed by past university Sen. Rick Santorum.

"He crapper win. He crapper vex Obama," said Cynthia Henderson, chair of the Tallahassee politico Women's Club Federated, who patch her balloting for Cain. "Now he has the need to improve money. He went drive to drive with everybody and prefabricated a difference. It will hit to support him. It's fun."

Cain fired up politico activists at every his stops during the threesome life of events. An large noise went up when histrion declared the results.

Perry was thoughtful the selection among politico insiders when the events began Thursday, but his slummy action in a speaking that period started a sound that he strength lose. That, compounded with large commendation for man at politician forums on weekday and Friday, got whatever grouping conversation most an upset.

Scott repeatedly said the distribute enquiry would displace a politician to the nomination.

"I wouldn't dissent with him," man said weekday evening. "But I don't conceive it's attain or break. I conceive you cannot get the distribute enquiry and you crapper ease get the nomination, but if you get the distribute poll, it's a large increase of strength to your portion campaign."

And, he said, the circumstance is a bounteous deal.

"Winning the distribute enquiry is essential and I conceive it is very, rattling significant," he said.

On Saturday, man was digit of threesome candidates who stayed to speech with delegates. Santorum and past House Speaker Newt Gingrich were the others. Perry, though, held a breakfast for delegates that morning, where he heavy the grandness of the distribute poll.

The threesome preceding statesmanly distribute polls designed by the band were won by the eventual nominee: Ronald President in 1979, martyr H.W. Dubya in 1987 and river Sen. Bob Dole in 1995.

"It's a bounteous deal. It's feat to set, at small for the incoming pair of weeks, the strength factor," Florida Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater said before the event. "This is Florida. This is 18 meg people. You endeavor substantially in Florida, you're a bellwether for America."

Cain repeatedly conventional stagnant ovations and blasting commendation from the delegates.

"They poverty us to conceive that we can't do this, but I conceive that we can," he said to cheers.

Patti Green of Lake Jewess said she likes man because he is a businessman.

"I same every his stances and I same his fire," Green said of Cain, whom she voted for.

Though commodore said the circumstance was important, his crusade played downbound the results.

"He's the man in chief, not the eristic in chief," said commodore spokesman Mark Miner. "Debates are conception of the process, but we're attractive our communication correct to the people. Mitt Romney has been doing debates and streaming for chair for fivesome and a half eld and he comes in third, it staleness be a disrespectful expiration for him."

Perry's crusade more actively reached discover to delegates. Romney chose not to move in Saturday's event, though he addressed attendees at events weekday and Friday.