Tonight’s GOP Debate: Cain’s Big Moment
Today’s debate is the most important yet of Herman Cain’s campaign. He’s tied or leading Mitt Romney nationally. One poll has him with an eight-point lead in Iowa, he is way ahead in South Carolina, only five points behind in Nevada, and three behind in Florida. The next debate is not until November 9, so if he performs well he’ll have a significant amount of time to rally the anti-Romney vote behind him.
Herman Cain’s candidacy is defined by his 9-9-9 plan: Bring down 9-9-9, bring down Cain. You can guarantee that his admission that 9-9-9 will raise taxes on some people will be used against him.
His misjudging of the housing bubble may be brought up. Rick Santorum has been criticizing Cain for saying he’d let states make their own decisions on gay marriage. Cain may also be attacked for his opposition to stricter drinking and driving regulations when he was the head of the National Restaurant Association.
The last debate focused solely on the economy, so Cain’s lack of knowledge of foreign affairs wasn’t an issue. This time will be different, especially in light of the Iranian terror plot. When asked about stopping a nuclear Iran, he said that only a pre-emptive strike would work — but he’d have to first consult with advisors. This shallowness won’t cut it in a debate, especially with the sophisticated policy proposals of Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich on the issue, who favor regime change.
Cain better show up with detailed numbers to defend his 9-9-9 plan, and he would be wise to boast that he’s a mathematician. He can blunt attacks on his national security credentials by mentioning his past work on weapons systems — which he has inexplicably still failed to mention — and by taking on Ron Paul.
He should also mention the poll that shows him defeating President Obama by two points, in order to undermine the electability argument central to Romney’s campaign.
Mitt Romney is still in a very good position. He’s leading in New Hampshire, Nevada, Florida, and according to some polls, Iowa. The attention is on Herman Cain, allowing Romney to continue his strategy of letting other candidates throw punches for him. If Romney’s past performances are any indication, this will be another good night for him.
Newt Gingrich is cementing his third-place position, though Rick Perry isn’t far behind. At least two polls show him in third nationally (though others have him as low as fifth place). He’s in third in Iowa and Florida, so he will benefit from Perry’s continuing downward slide and any slip-up by Cain. However, his huge debt restricts his ability to capitalize on this momentum, and the transition from policy analyst to presidential candidate is proving difficult for him. To date, he still has yet to explicitly say why he’s the best candidate on stage, and although he has substantive ideas, he has to convince voters that he’s the guy to implement them.
Rick Perry is walking in the footsteps of General Wesley Clark and former Senator Fred Thompson. One poll has him all the way down at 6 percent in Iowa for sixth place. Nationally, the best showing he has in a poll is a distant third place. His new strategy is to make energy independence his signature issue, but without some stand-out moments in the debates, he won’t re-gain the confidence of the supporters he lost.
Michele Bachmann is focusing on sounding more substantive and is doing a good job of it. However, she is going through her coffers quickly and has a strategy that is difficult to have confidence in. She is spending an inordinate amount of time in New Hampshire, when everyone knows that her campaign depends upon success in Iowa. The latest poll there has her one point behind Gingrich for fourth place.
Ron Paul is offering more detailed proposals to try to move his campaign forward. He has put forth a plan to cut the budget by $1 trillion and to balance the budget during his third year in office. He’s moving from being philosophical to operational, which is good, but his plan rests upon ending military deployments overseas. This won’t change the dynamic of the race. Ron Paul’s supporters will remain supporters, and his detractors will remain detractors.
Rick Santorum does a good job of tearing down other candidates, but a poor job of winning the voters that he costs them. He was the most aggressive critic of Herman Cain during the last debate, and this one will probably be no different. One of Santorum’s main problems is that if he causes Cain’s supporters to second-guess their choice, it is unlikely that they’ll look at him when he’s polling in the low single-digits. They’ll look at whoever is next in line.
Jon Huntsman is making a big mistake by skipping the debate in order to side with New Hampshire in its struggle with Nevada over the primary calendar. He is giving more air time to the second tier that he’s trying to break into, furthering his irrelevancy. He was impressively growing his support in New Hampshire, reaching 10 percent for third place at one point, but with Cain’s surge, he has fallen to fourth and is tied with Newt Gingrich and Michele Bachmann. In addition, his campaign is nearly $1 million in debt.
Tonight is when the rubber meets the road for Herman Cain. If he emerges victorious, it will be a two-man race at least until November 9, and the longer it remains so, the more likely it is to last.
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“and he would be wise to boast that he’s a mathematician. He can blunt attacks on his national security credentials by mentioning his past work on weapons systems — which he has inexplicably still failed to mention”
Actually he did mention this in one of the debates. He was attacked for not going into the servic. Cain Mentioned that his work on weapon systems was more important to the National Defense – that was not his opinion – that was the Department of Defense’s opinion.
With Anderson Cooper as game show host tonight, I doubt Herman Cain will be able to get beyond why he has flip-flop-flipped on the wisdom of death-by-electrocution fence when the cartels and traffickers will just build tunnels with air conditioning siphoned off the electirc fence.
I suppose we could get lucky and Mr. Cooper could ask Cain how his 9-9-9 never-going-to-happen plan will tax those of us on Social Security who still make taxable withdrawals from our IRA’s.
Meanwhile, Rick Perry builds his ground organization in key states, and reminds me of all those underdog come-from-behind-to-win stories that America really loves.
very sad to see PJM get infected by the poll numbers of the minute infection that comes from the plague of AmericanIdol/Survivor phony debates.
“very sad to see PJM get infected by the poll numbers of the minute infection”. (sigh) You are obviously Not A Mathematician; we love to inhale statistics and play with them all day long. I don’t watch TV so I’m only vaguely familiar with your TV program references, sorry. Is Survivor still on?
I want some clarification on this supposed flip-flop on the fence. In a Tennessee campaign talk, Cain joked about putting a sign on the Mexico-facing side of the fence saying “It can kill you.” THAT, I believe, is what he retracted as a “joke.”
Indeed, you don’t bluff about killing people, and I wouldn’t want an electric border fence to be lethal even if there were a warning sign, because I don’t know how many people attempting to cross know how to read. I wouldn’t want the fence to kill someone just because he was too illiterate to understand a sign posting warnings that the fence was deadly in English, Spanish and Portuguese. Suffice it to have a fence with enough current that no one wants to touch it, but not enough to kill.
that’s true…the people crossing the border don’t bluff about killing…they just do it…
Literacy is irrelevant to the electric fence idea. Universal signs rule the day.
Bachman is the only one that seems to understand that a border fence is actually two parallel fences and you wouldn’t want to find yourself between them.
Having patrolled borders of foreign countries, the game is on when when get inside of them. It’s not a video game, a real game of life and death where surprises await you. Dogs maybe, mines maybe, guards maybe to mention a few of the old tricks.
Perry lost his chances when he revealed that he would not support a border fence, and defended illegal immigrants getting resident status for college tuition. Romney can only win by veering to the right. The conservative Republicans will control the nomination. They will hopefully elect a congress that will save our bloated economy. Perry and Romney are RINOS.
If he emerges victorious
If you mean victorious over Rick Perry, I concur. This race is all about avoiding Mittens. If Perry faulters, Cain needs to simply hold his own.
I think it’s time to address the issues, not make fun of each other and their plans. If you dont’ like them…discuss it..
The price of pizza..haha..I don’t like most of the people on the stage tonight. They are not what i would pick.
I’s frustrated. these candidates need to grow up
It is time to clear the clutter.
Huntsman, Johnson, Paul, Santorum, Bachman need to exit …Santorum and Bachman exit stage right, Huntsman and Johnson stage left…and Paul falls into the orchestra pit.
Perry is on a respirator. He’s shot himself in the foot so many times, he needs to have the Barney Fife rule instituted, he can only keep one bullet and it can’t be chambered, it has to be in his pocket. If he doesn’t score well in this debate, he needs to go back to Texas and show he can lead by example. If he falls here, he needs the clapper because he can’t get up.
If Inglorious Vanderbilt does the “hit piece” on foreign affairs tonight that one should expect out of CNN, Herman will be on unsteady footing. Not likely to be a big night for him. Revolution #9-9-9, (turn me on dead economy) sounds to me like one of those ideas made up by a committee charged with “coming up with ideas”. The New Coke of Herman’s campaign brain trust…it takes him out of his natural element and has him defending something concrete. Unfortunately, they are concrete shoes.
The only way out of this is to begin to massage the plan little by little, acknowledge where the DEMOCRATS could make it ugly and say that he will shift to a flatter plan as the economy builds.
On foreign affairs, he will have to point out that other than Newt…nobody on the stage has a clue what they are talking about….that faking answers without detailed information is a reckless waste of air time and a fraud on the American people. He can provide general answers to general questions but anyone giving specifics is a fool.
Herman ought to stress that failure to listen to generals has gotten us into ENOUGH of a damaged position worldwide already and that NOBODY on the stage should be pontificating on what to do if they are not being briefed and listening to the REAL experts…not people faking it.
Herman needs to lead with his best punches. He has been a turnaround expert, NOBODY on the stage has accomplished that. He has bridged the divide between black and white…and has found that people are people. Good people do not need to be slandered or guilt tripped…you work your way to the top by achievement, not grievance peddling.
That HE has what the country needs most. An appreciation of who creates jobs in this country…the entrepreneur and small businessman, overwhelmingly. He can say that he understands that over-regulating business kills jobs. He knows that racism doesn’t stop minorities from achieving the American Dream. He knows that good people come from all races and ethnicities and healing comes from opportunities seized, not industries seized.
He can say that he has never been for mandating that people buy anything he ever sold. He can say that he has never felt animosity for those who achieved the top rungs of income, holds nothing against them and admires their successes…not hating them for them.
He can say that he wants all people to be treated with kindness and compassion, but that we ought to respect the rules for fair play and opportunities should go to Americans who play by those rules.
He can say that America has shown its true heart in the last election and in the overwhelming warm support and kindness that he himself has received and that he is not offended by the anarchists, communists and socialists who call him names for being a non-leftist, but he is offended at the slander of salt of the earth people who don’t deserve the Scarlet R pinned on them for opposing leftism.
He can say that what the American people wanted the last time, they did not get. A healer. An achiever. A doer. A person who likes people.
What we need most…is a guy with turnaround experience who actually WANTS people to achieve the American Dream…and won’t punish them for getting there. Someone who knows what real racism is…and what it is not. Someone who likes America, sees her beauty, is proud of their country and not for the first time. Someone who puts America first and doesn’t apologize for it…or her.
Foreign affairs will capture the eye of Newt.
Mitt will pour a little more Neatsfoot oil on and take a knee.
But, Herman can win this thing…if only he can stay away form “idea committee” ideas. Be natural, be yourself Herman. And knock their socks off with who you are…not someone you think they want you to pretend to be.
Do that…and it’s game, set, match. Do it not…and it’s Mitt vs. Mask in the general election.
This.
It would be really refreshing to hear someone really call out this garbage for what it is. Nobody knows anything until they’ve been briefed by the real experts, no, not even Newt.
Even Obama had to change his Marxist tune when he got hit upside his head with a little reality.
Same thing happened to Clinton.
It’s all dog-and-pony-show time until a person has that info, and that doesn’t happen until after the Inauguration.
Rockin’ the comments, buddy!
Excellent! You hit it into the center field bleachers! Let’s hope you sent a copy of this game plan to Herman’s manager.
Excellent !
Send it to Cain’s campaign, please.
Or run for President !
Extremely well thought out, as one poster said, send it in along with where it was posted. If they monitor PJM your comments just may be considered, worth a shot.
Love your concisive style of writing. Very well thought out and stated!
Gingrich was a turn-around specialist for the biggest economy in world history, not a pizza chain.
Nothing wrong with being a good businessman in the fast food industry, but it’s not much of a credential to lead the country that the world still depends on.
I’m not thrilled with Herman Cain, not by a long shot.
But I’ll take him GLADLY over Obama or Romney or Huntsman or any of the other leftists who are running.
Yep. Cain, Bachmann, Gingrich, Santorum, Perry, even Dr. Paul. Choose one of them. I’ll support the final pick.
Except Romney. Romney is a deal-breaker for me. For me and so many millions more like me. Choose. Someone. Else.
It is time to clear the clutter.
It would probably have been better to follow this statement with something a bit more pithy.
You obviously don’t know my style…new here?
LOL!
Hehe.
I’d love to see a real leader skip the debates entirely. Not smart right now, but someday….
I was right when I argued for three years that Sarah Palin wasn’t going to run. I won’t have to say this for much longer, but Herman Cain doesn’t have a snowball’s chance in Heck.
Right now Cain is the leading anti-Romney. Ever since this circus started there has been an anti-Romney who gets a big boost in the polls only to fall.
Let’s look at some of the former anti-Romneys. Donald Trump, remember him? He had huge numbers but a birth certificate killed him completely.
Michele Bachmann was the anti-Romney for a while. She performed well in a debate and climbed to Heaven. Then she shot herself in the foot (with a machine gun) in another debate and is now just ahead of Jon Huntsman. Rick Perry. It was only a few weeks ago that Perry was top of the heap without saying a single thing. It was only after he began talking that he fell to Earth.
Did I miss any flash in the pan anti-Romneys? Yes I did. After the first Republican debate Herman Cain was the anti-Romney. Then he took four different positions on the question of Muslims in his cabinet and each answer cost him support. But, of course, that was so long ago that nobody remembers (I think it was four months ago).
All is forgotten now and Herman is as hot as a pizza straight out of the oven. But the moment people start to ask about the 9 that means paying 9 percent sales tax on virtually everything you buy, Cain will collapse faster than Charles Foster Kane did when he ran for office in that old movie.
But don’t worry. As long as Mittens is considered the frontrunner there will be somebody who gets a boost as the anti-Romney. Anyone can come from any part of the pack to take the title, no matter what they’ve said or done in the past. This is good because my candidate still has a shot at winning.
FULL DISCLOSURE: I support Michele Bachmann.
Go Bachmann!
I think you are mistaken about Cain. I know you support Bachmann and I like Bachmann too but Cain’s bold initiative, manner of speaking and personal history are carrying the day right now and it’s hard to see why that would change if he continues to do what he’s been doing without major mistakes.
Btw, the 9% sales tax does not apply to used goods, and wouldn’t be surprised if Bachmann as a tea party gal didn’t favor the FairTax.
Both are conservatives and we shouldn’t bash anyone as unelectable because it’s simply not true. Any of the candidates are potential presidents. Maybe Ron Paul is not due to his age but he certainly puts forward a distinct view that carries a lot of water with many people.
O.K., the 9% sales tax wouldn’t apply to used goods. I’ve also heard that food would be exempt.
But are Americans going to like a 9% tax on gas? How about cars that aren’t used? Will adding 9% to the price of a new house help real estate? Will restaurant food be exempt or will there be a 9% charge on every cup of coffee a person buys at Starbucks (or somewhere better than Starbucks).
This tax isn’t going to be accepted by Americans. What does the “TEA” in Tea Party stand for?
Cain’s only chance would be to run away from this and I don’t think he can. As with my Palin prediction, if I’m wrong I will admit it but I won’t be. Time to find a new anti-Romney
We have a gas tax already.
I’m not a Cain fan by any stretch of the imagination, but the 9 plan hold a certain appeal. Right know, Uncle Sam takes about 30% of check I take home, between local and federal taxes. At the end of the year, I still own. A 9% federal tax might be a reasonable trade off. This only works if state and local taxes are also similarly curtailed.
ABRABO: Anyone but Rinomney, anyone but Obimbo
I’ve been a fan of Michele Bachmann for quite a while now and just can’t understand why she has not gotten more attention than she has. She’s very conservative and has a lot of experience in government. And if the current president has taught us anything, it’s that governmnet experience DOES count for something. Cain is a good man and has some good ideas, but he has absolutely no experience in government, and whether you like it or not, ideas are no good unless you can get them passed through Congress. If you don’t know how to deal with government, then you’re agenda, no matter how good it is, will not become law, and that’s the whole point of this election, to pass the best laws that can actually fix this nation. So it’s nice that Cain is getting more attention, but I just hope that people take another look at Bachmann too.
Bachmann has a tendency to shoot from the hip and make some really wild statements without evidence. A google search will find you numerous examples.
The more wild the claim, the more evidence you need to provide.
Bachmann doesn’t do that.
Her attack on Perry over Gardasil was way off base. There are some legitimate criticisms of what Perry did, but Bachmann’s rants amounted to pure demagoguery.
Bachmann needs to chill out a little bit.
Yes, I was thoroughly annoyed at the way she handled that; it was a valid point, but she made it an example of nutjobbery.
Because she voted against our constitutional rights and freedom by voting for the renewal of the patriot act. That is why she has plummeted. You can not be for Constitution by supporting our freedom being invaded, and violated by the federal government.
Bachmann is a female. Do you really want to make a female the most powerful person in the world? While Mr. Bachmann is concerned with the imminent collapse of the world economy, Mrs. Bachmann is focused on cleaning the cats box. According to her faith, Mrs. Bachmann must be in subjection to her husband. That makes Mr. Bachmann the most powerful person in the world, and we didn’t vote for him.
Lets not be suicidally politically correct! We need and should want the candidate who is best qualified. That is certainly not Oscumbag. And it cannot be any irrational, leftist, amoral, inexperienced dumbellino. He must be both virtuous and smart. Read the Wikis on these guys. Can you believe what they believe, politically, economically, spiritually, militarily?
You will end by picking the lesser of x levels of evil; or writing in Mickey Mouse.
I initially supported Bachmann. It then became obvious that she would be undermined by sexism, as was Hillary. This sexism is especially apparent from the left wing media. I now support Cain. He has the most charisma, and is a strong and solid campaigner. He will stick to his own values, and not be led around by RINOS. We need bold measures to cure our economic woes. He can sell the solutions, even if they do not include 999.
Spent a wonderful evening downtown at the protest. How exhilarating! Met a bunch of great kids and really felt like I served a higher purpose.
Then I read this stupid article, which totally stole my excitement. It’s so sadly obvious that the ONLY reason you sick Cheneyites support Herman Cain is because he’s black. Gotta get a black candidate to beat the African in the White House, right? It’s so obvious and yet you freaks don’t think the rest of the world sees right through your tactics. Well here’s the reality guys: our negro beats your negro every time. That’s right, bring it. I’ll stack my negro against your negro any time. Mine is well spoken, clean, metro-sexual, and practiced. Your negro is typically dark, has a twinge of that street twang common amongst his folks, and comes across as angry. I hope Cain gets the nomination, I beg for it. Mulatto or not, my guy wins 10 out of 10 times. Suckers…..
Get any good stuff? I hear there is lots of good electronic equipment, free for the taking.
Gotta get a black candidate to beat the African in the White House, right? It’s so obvious and yet you freaks don’t think the rest of the world sees right through your tactics.
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an African?
don’t you people insist he’s an American?
“You people”? I don’t think you know what you’re asking. LovelyEarth is a right-wing troll posing as a left-wing troll.
He’s better than that. He is right-wing guy, posing as a left-wing tinfoilhat-wearing girl. He is thoroughly entertaining, if you know he is spoofing them.
“Mine is well spoken, clean, metro-sexual, and practiced. Your negro is typically dark, has a twinge of that street twang common amongst his folks, and comes across as angry.”
Clay vs Liston 1965
Come back anytime, happy to harsh your mellow fast and furious. No handouts here. Metrosexual is so…2008.
I like Mr. Cain although I’m not sure about his 999 plan. I think everyone should have to pay taxes and one of his 9s would ensure that. I just like the idea of a man who speaks the truth. I don’t care if illegals are excuted on the fence or if Muslims can’t build where ever they want or if he had something to do with weapons systems. In addition to being president, I would like him to straighten up the schools. Since he went to school prior to the ‘self-esteem era’ I doubt that he would be too forgiving of the student who claimed his math answer was ‘close enough’(an answwer I frequently got from my gifted students) I am glad his wife has remained behind the scenes; I take a dim view of the first lady planning my meals.
a. 9% corprate tax will create an investment boom.
b. 9% income tax will bost income. Our large corprate taxes and income taxes makes our exports more expensive.
c. 0% capital gains will double down on the investment boom and be fantastic for reitred people.
d. The elimination of tax brakes to pay for everything, will stop the central planing and hiden tax brakes congress hands out to big bussness. Renters will stop subidizing home owners. It will encorage people to actualy payoff there homes.
e. 9% sales tax will hit imports and domestic products alike. Pluse it will be a tax the undrground economy wil have to pay.
I think all of the candidates have much to offer. Though, the next president of the USA will have to be willing to work in the best interests of the tax payers. Can any of us really trust a politician?
Lovely Earth:
“Your negro is typically dark, has a twinge of that street twang common amongst his folks, and comes across as angry. I hope Cain gets the nomination, I beg for it. Mulatto or not, my guy wins 10 out of 10 times. Suckers…..
You might very well be right about the outcome of that matchup. But.
Remember that Rick Perry and his wife talked to God and God told both of them that Rick should run. He did, but now he’s out of gas. Probably Obama’s fault because he wouldn’t let him use any of that gas in Texas. Now the Perry supporters including the New York Times are telling us that Mr. Perry can drill his way out of the hole he dug and fell into.
So now we have the anti-Mulatto, Herman Cain. Mr. Cain is a 66 year old black man who was diognosed with stage 4 cancer that had metastasized to his liver, now reportedly in remission after having be given a 30% chance of survival. Some folks know the difference between remission and cure, and cure is better than remission every time.
Mr. Cain also is a one trick pony with his 9-9-9 plan that can hold up under any serious scrutiny. Even it were viable, such a thing as a national sales tax that he calls for would never be signed into law. Take it to the bank.
If you want a clever guy who is willing to pursue possibilities for advancing his own cause and who can sing and dance and preach and whatever else you want for entertainment, Herman is your guy. We’ll see how far that goes very soon.
Then we still get the let’s keep looking for Superman, we need more candidates from which to choose crowd. Do you suppose there are anymore Supermen left out there where the previous Romney Stoppers have piled up? If yes, bring them on. If no, it’s time for some sanity to set in. Simply put, time to stop the Mormon bashing and get on with the job of removing the Marxist from the White House.
The anti-Romney propagandists are of like mind and obviously have an agenda that was written for them with instructions on how to keep it in the public eye. These people need to have a mind rejuvinator shot and find some semblance of sanity before completely destroying any chance of any Republican candidate beating the Magic Mulatto.
Collective suicide is not an idea worth pursuing but it seems to be exactly what far too many people want to do.
If I wanted another entitlement-pimp Romney would be my guy. But I don’t, so he is not.
Why does one sense that CGW is a Romneyite? One of Romney’s fellow mormons?
We don’t need anyone crazy enough to endorse Joseph Smith Jrs’ satanic nonsense in the White House; or even as Dog Catcher.
Cain’s silly 999 shot was not well thought out, and will undergo a gazillion modifications in attempts to justify it. Because, folks, it ain’t all that simple!The necessary consequence of Cain’s phoney religion is that, as long as one trusts Jesus one may behave as badly as he pleases and get away with it.
Because either one is saved by faith ALONE, as Cain says, or one is not. The bible, Jas.2.24-26, says NOT. If it were true(it is not) that one is saved by faith alone(without anything else), then nothing anyone did could disaffect his salvation. The logic forces the necessary consequence. Ergo, if God rewards evildoers because of their mental affirmations,and eternally punishes good people who refuse those affirmations, God is made to appear a Monster, unfair, unjust, sadistic and essentially evil. But God is good, perfect in all ways.
So Cain has it all upside down and backward. Just like his 999 silly stuff.
How, then, can he be counted on to solve the supercolossal problems facing us at this point?
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“Herman ought to stress that failure to listen to generals has gotten us into ENOUGH of a damaged position worldwide already”
It is much more like listening to this current gaggle of “Islam is the Religion of Peace”/”Code Pink ROE” “Generals”. Not anything remotely close to a Patton if you combined the sorry lot of them. Patton would slap them all into next Sunday.
Listen to the Generals? The same ones who have got us stuck in Iraq and Afcrapistan wasting Blood and Treasure for the last 10 years? And for what? As Mark Styne recently said, “down a rat hole”.
Cain, who was just recently my first choice, has really blow it now.
Cain: “I Could See Myself” Freeing All Gitmo Detainees For One American Hostage.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2011/10/18/cain_i_could_see_myself_freeing_all_gitmo_detainees_for_one_american_hostage
Newt won.Followed closely by Cain.Romney and perry follow suit.Thats my opinion.
Cain is a hardened businessman. He is the black rock that is needed to support and guide the weak willed in our nation.
That Rockefeller Republican crowd who supports Romney and the rebranded Rockefeller Republican crowd called neocons who support Perry better be respectful of one Herman Cain.
He can put them in a box.
To his credit, Herman Cain don’t give a twit about the Republican Party.
If Herman Cain ever figures out he can do as well as a third party candidate as he can as a Republican, then whoever the Republican candidate may be has no shot at the presidency.
Herman Cain could run the strongest third party campaign in our nation’s history.
He would not win and most likely insure Barry’s reelection but he would insure that the Republicans lose.
If he did run as a third party candidate, there is a chance that he would win some states and deny any candidate a majority in the electoral college.
What am I smoking, you ask?
Americans believe this nation is on the wrong track. Americans are angry.
There are a lot of Americans who are tired of a choice between the likes of President Barry and Romney or Perry.
Barry, Romney, or Perry is warmed over same old, same old. Herman Cain is an outsider who appears to speak his mind without being programmed by handlers or by making political calculations before speaks.
Romney and Perry appear to be puppets on string. They are programmed by their handlers with endless political calculations.
Herman Cain may not be make the best president but Herman Cain is a better man than Barry and therefore would make a better president, besides that he is the ONLY alternative to same old, same old likes of Barry, Romney and Perry.
I have NEVER voted for a third party candidate as I did not drink the Ross Perot Kool-aid.
But the times they are a changin’, and if my choice was between Barry and Romney or Perry and the a third party Herman Cain, then Herman gets my vote.
Because, as you stipulate, Obama would surely beat him. Which must, then be what you want.
Kind of gave yourself away, didn’t you?
That ain’t what I want, cause as Mick once sang you don’t always get what you want. Romney or Perry probably have no better than a fifty-fifty chance to beat Barry without a third party. I don’t believe the polls, but I do believer half of Americans pay no income tax and it seems that half is most likely Barry voters, whether he can scare that crowd to the polls is another matter.
For the record I didn’t want Barry but I didn’t want McCain either but as Mick sang you always don’t get what you want so I voted for the jurassic Rino..
Would the wrong track-right track poll be a whole lot better of if McCain won, I doubt it.
I am just saying, that this time around there are a lot of folk like me who will not vote for an elitist Republican if the likes of Herman Cain is an alternative.
I don’t scare easily. I ain’t scared of a second Barry term as long as the Tea Party crowd still pulls the strings on Speaker Boner.
Barry is a pretty impotent guy and fairly harmless, it was that Democrat congress that was the killer. Pelosi pushed Barry around at the office just like Michelle pushed him around at home.
William Safire may have been ahead of his time when he coined the term angry middle.
I was simply stating there are a lot of folk who would welcome an opportunity to vote for an alternative of either party elite.
I ain’t in invested in political party and I ain’t invested in ideology.
I would like to see some REAL REFORM before I die and Barry, Romney and Perry are not about structural change as much as tinkering with what is structurally irreparable which is akin to rearranging the deck chairs on the Titantic.