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Oct. 17, 2011 / 4:55 PM

Poll: Cain 43 percent, Obama 41 percent

Herman Cain, former chairman and chief executive officer of Godfather's Pizza, participates in a presidential debate sponsored by Bloomberg and The Washington Post held at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The event moderated by U.S. television talk show host Charlie Rose and featuring eight Republican candidates, presents the first debate of the 2012 political season focused solely on the economy. UPI/Daniel Acker/Pool

Herman Cain, former chairman and chief executive officer of Godfather's Pizza, participates in a presidential debate sponsored by Bloomberg and The Washington Post held at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, U.S., on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2011. The event moderated by U.S. television talk show host Charlie Rose and featuring eight Republican candidates, presents the first debate of the 2012 political season focused solely on the economy. UPI/Daniel Acker/Pool | License Photo

WASHINGTON, Oct. 17 (UPI) -- Republican U.S. presidential hopeful Herman Cain has a 2 percentage point lead over President Obama in a hypothetical 2012 tilt, Rasmussen Reports said Monday.

The latest Rasmussen Reports survey of likely voters indicated Cain got 43 percent support to Obama's 41 percent. Eight percent said they prefer another candidate and another 8 percent said they were undecided.

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Cain, a Georgia businessman, is the only Republican with an edge of any kind over Obama, although former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney held a similar advantage in several Rasmussen Report surveys. In the latest survey, Romney trails Obama by 2 percentage points.

"Cain now has the chance to make the case for why he should be the challenger to Mitt Romney," Rasmussen Reports President Scott Rasmussen said in a release. "Many others have auditioned for the role and fallen flat, and it remains to be seen whether Cain's fate will be similar."

Results are based on a nationwide telephone survey of 1,000 likely voters conducted Friday and Saturday. The margin of error is 3 percentage points.

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