It makes perfect sense. The Obama camp is salivating at the thought of Romney being the GOP nominee. After Perry's implosion, all they needed to do was destroy Cain, and in their mindset, they would have the election settled a year early.
” and in their mindset, they would have the election settled a year “
I watched the CNN coverage (so shoot me - FNC wasn’t available to me at the time..) of the Iowa Caucuses in 1996 - the tone of their coverage all-but declared victory for Clinton on that day...
(And, of course, ‘we’ nominated Bob Dole, because “it was his turn”...)