Cain has had a pretty good run through life. It looks like he has overcome all of his setbacks, if he even had any, with ease. He has been a smart black guy in an era when that opened a lot of doors and he has the personality and skill to have walked through them all. Life, even for the talented and hard working, requires a lot of luck. Herman has had his share.

So I can easily understand why someone like that might assume it will all just continue, possibly even to the very pinnacle. It did for Obama, not that he has much in common politically with Cain. For Obama, it was even easier. At least Cain actually worked and made decisisions that worked out for him. Obama has been carried on a silk pillow for his entire life.

Like Roger, I have no idea and don’t much care whether Cain has a secret sex life. I’d like to believe he hasn’t abused or taken advantage of women. If it is ever proven that he did, it will be even more embarrassing for his groupies who ignored his total lack of experience and who assumed that the inch deep conservative platitudes he spoke so well flowed from a Reaganesque depth of thought and commitment.

The key lesson isn’t about human weaknesses, or irrational exuberation, or even another proof of the rabidness of Pravda (or perhaps even his Republican opponents).

The key lesson is that politicians without track records are, as somebody has been saying on PJ Media for a long time now, extremely risky propositions.

Romney and Gingrich, for all of their flaws, are known commodities. Lets quit trying to destroy them and begin appreciating them for their achievements and skills, and because we know enough about them to know their flaws as well as their abilities.

It was always foolish to roll the dice on somebody we knew nothing about.