I want to believe that Cain will be the nominee, but I know that the establishment will try every trick in the book to keep it from happening.
If a few of the stragglers dropped out, like Bachmann and Santorum, I’d feel more confident in Herman’s chances.
We also have to keep an eye on Newt’s steady progress. He’s good fallback candidate, and I think he’d make a fine running mate, but we don’t want him to get so popular that he ends up splitting the conservative vote.
The next best conservative will probably end up Cain’s VP. Cain said he would not wish to be Perry’s VP, for instance, but has said nothing so far against the possibility of picking Perry for his own VP.
Newt’s already moved ahead of Herman on my list.