“He couldn’t win a senate race in his home state. He blew a simple question on Israel months ago which hurt him, and the “brainwashed” and N_head episodes hurt him recently.
Inexperience will bring him down, again, if the spotlight continues to shine on him. Then it’s on to the next not-Romney.”
Romney isn’t even polling second. That’s not good news for him. Shows that Cain is gaining. Romney still has a significant lead at this point in terms of states, but Cain is catching up. As for ‘flavor of the month’, Cain’s been rising steadily in the polls. He was second before Perry entered (passing Bachmann), and has now passed Perry to regain his spot in second. So it seems to me that if your candidate isn’t Romney then Cain is your man.
Cain hasn’t been the “one to beat-up” long, or yet.
Face all the media canons and other candidates on him in a debate and he’ll not fare well. He has very little experience and will gaffe or not know something basic outside his limited sphere. It is already showing in the limited attention he’s gotten so far.
His strong point is also his greatest weakness: He has no record of governing or legislating to either defend or to tout. Talk is easy, but we don’t know what he would actual do, or be capable of doing when facing the real choices and challenges of elective office.
Americans are not very likely to elect someone to the highest office in the land as an entry level political job - without any experience in government at all.
Other than major military heroes, it hasn’t happened: