[Maelstorm]

The only problem with Newt is Newt. He has did much better than I imagined not because I did not believe he was smart just he has not always been wise. Don’t worry Newt will also get a full investigative layout of how he met his current wife. We must be careful. I would gladly vote for Newt but I’ll not dellude myself in thinking he would be a sure thing. The only sure thing is we need to fight. Cain I believe will survive. Decade old allegations that went no where are hardly the stuff that spell campaign doom. Nor is questions about $40,000 the later which can easily be fixed and those behaving as if it wasn’t an easy mistake haven’t seen the campaign regs. He does need to get better at clarity but the level of scrutiny he is getting especially from those like Rove and Rubin and the establishment crowd. When you ask them to shine the light on Prince Romney they act like you’ve pulled out a crucifix they recoil so readily.

This is the same game they played with Angle, and O’Donnell but Cain isn’t either of them he is much more of a threat. He has a very compelling story. He when he is on a roll knows how to get people to like him and his ideas. They fear what he could become just as they feared Palin. The powerbrokers like candidates that they can control. Cain isn’t one of them.

[presidio9]

My view on the upcoming election is that it is going to be a referreundum on who has the best ideas for fixing the economy. Independants how vote are going to be voting for or against Obama based on that question, unless the Republican candidate falls flat on his face when trying to explain his own plan. Again, I like Herman Cain a lot, but I don't think he is doing a very good job answering questions about his tax plan, and he is prone to making the sort of gaffs that can derail a primary election. Which ends up leaving us with Romney as the nominee. I don't see Gingrich making those same mistakes. I personally respect the fact that Gingrich has converted to Catholicism and take him at his word until he gives me a reason to suspect otherwise. We are all sinners. I don't expect the electorate to do so, but, again, in this election I see independents discounting character issues in favor of the guy the see as most likely to get the economy moving. They'd have to do so in order to elect Romney. Herman Cain is a great story, and would be an interesting choice as VP or for a cabinet position, but the "I'm not a politician" thing only goes so far.

They fear what he could become just as they feared Palin. The powerbrokers like candidates that they can control. Cain isn’t one of them.

A Lot of people on this website are confused about how the left views Sarah Palin. They didn't fear her, they never bothered to get to know her. The saw more of Tina Fey's impersonations of her than they did the genuine article. They were convinced that she was a complete idiot, a bigger idiot than they believed George W Bush was -all conservatives are either puppets or puppet masters to a liberal's eyes. What they feared was the fact that she could be elected president, as idiots like Bush and Reagan had been before her, not any dangerous ideas that she herself had. They fear Gingrich, because they understand that he is brilliant. No one is going to control Gingrich, and they know it. It is for that reason that he occasionally comes up with a position that leaves conservatives scratching their heads, but he is his own man, and we be certain that that position originated between his own ears, not between Carl Rove's or one of the Koch brothers. Let me address A lot of people on this website are confused about how