“Excellent analysis.
If this was a year from now, it could be an issue.
Right now I don’t think so.”
Thanks. It’s important to learn from history. Republicans voted 41-2 in favor of Clarence Thomas. The two against him were hard-core RINOs. The goal of Anita Hill was to provide Democrats cover to go against Thomas...I’m sure they knew that the Republicans were going to support him, very strongly, regardless of what they threw at him. In the end, 11 Dems still voted for Thomas, and that got him over the 50 vote mark (i.e., the Dems owned the Senate back then). So the tactic nearly worked...but it relied on Dems to flip.
In this case, there are no Dems to speak of that are part of our nominating process - so now they must try to pry Republicans off of Cain. And that will not be easy, as they made a BIG MISTAKE by ignoring him until he was leading in just about every poll - thereby giving him time to solidify his base and it also gave Republicans more time to think harder about what Perry meant when he said ‘heartless’...and we concluded that he meant just what he said, especially since he’s had a decade to come up with a position on illegal immigration.
So, I do expect this to affect Cain’s numbers at all, despite the wet dreams of the Perry people.
I’ve interviewed hundreds of people for professional positions in my career. I feel like I’ve become expert at reading and evaluating body language.
Cain gives me a solid vibe. I think he’s a stand-up guy.