Herman Cain #1, beating Romney, in yet another poll

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

You should be. I have a feeling that Obama will lose in 2012 no matter who the GOP candidate is.

I have an exit strategy. Do you?

On a more serious note: I disagree with your assessment. Herman Cain will never be President. It would take a large swath of the 84% of people that will see their taxes go up significantly under the Cain proposal to vote against their interests. Now, that might happen on the far right fringe but that is not where general elections are decided.

Edited October 25, 2011 by Mr. Big Dog

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

Herman Cain

Marion Barry

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Herman Cain

Marion Barry

What are you saying? Herman Cain is a corrupt drug abusing felon? Or are saying all black people look alike?

[Bad_Daddy 2,209]

What are you saying? Herman Cain is a corrupt drug abusing felon? Or are saying all black people look alike?

Neither. They both wear hats.

[mawilson 2,133]

I have an exit strategy. Do you?

On a more serious note: I disagree with your assessment. Herman Cain will never be President. It would take a large swath of the 84% of people that will see their taxes go up significantly under the Cain proposal to vote against their interests. Now, that might happen on the far right fringe but that is not where general elections are decided.

Never say never, stranger things have happened. Americans vote against their interests all the time.

That said, Cain's tax proposal it's just that - a proposal. It has no more chance of passing Congress than Obama's "job plan" or any other things that other Presidents proposed in the past.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

I'm starting to slid into the "I just don't care, it doesn't matter who wins" mode...nothing will change.

Edited October 25, 2011 by Sousuke

[mawilson 2,133]

I'm starting to slid into the "I just don't care, it doesn't matter who wins" mode...nothing will change.

You're not alone.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Neither. They both wear hats.

So does the Larry the Cable Guy.

[scandal 951]

What's confusing about this is the fact that Herman Cain has no campaign infrastructure at all. Romney or Perry both have the money and organizational talent to go head to head with Obama. But not Cain.

Exactly.

You need a ground organization to win a Primary or Caucus. Without "get out the vote" volunteers to drive the busloads of seniors to the polling center, you don't win a Primary, like New Hampshire. And without volunteers to attend those small-town Caucuses in the public library or church basement, you can't win the Iowa Caucus.

Money is good - essential in fact. You need it for the ad campaigns, and for the campaign infrastructure.

But money without people isn't enough.

Leading in opinion polls, or even winning a straw poll, is a very different thing than having campaign organizations in all states. Or for that matter, in just the lead-off January states.

Cain has no retail presence. I wish he did, I really do. The longer the GOP stays disoriented and confused, the better. But the answer is inevitable. Barring a stunning upset, Romney should have it sewn up by Super Tuesday and it will be Romney vs. Obama next Nov.

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Clearly Rick Perry did not benefit from the debates.

Good news.