I think you missed Cain’s very good answer re: raisint the debt limit. He had made a statement which would have been valid when originally made, since that time nothing had been done on the spending side, and the same solution cannot be applied currently.
Think of it this way, If you are driving a car a 70mph and apporach a railroad crossing you apply the brakes to stop the car, if you are 100ft from the crossing the same approach will not work.
Cain instead of spinning like atypical pol does explained the difference between the time when the original commnet was made and now.
He did stumble on the specifics of right of return. NBD IMO, he has the right instincts on who are friends are and who the enemy is. The details will come. It is refreshing that he wanted to know the intel and situation in Afghanistan before committing to a course of action.
Read how he turned Godfather around, he spoke to the employees to understand the problem space before acting. This is what a skilled executive will do.
The issues with the economy is public record, Intel on Foreign policy in not in the public domain much is classified.
I do think that he needs to use the experience he gained in this interview to sharpen his answers for the next interview he does. He spent a bit of time talking about his plan to turn things around and then said it would not work without saying what he would do now to modify his approach. That was confusing, is he for increasing the debt limit now to buy time or is he still against it? I am not real clear on what he meant. I do like the idea of a fair tax, but it will never work unless they repeal the 16th amendment first. Enacting a fair tax without doing that first will result in a VAT on top of income tax. I think a flat tax is what should probably be pursued given the realities. Overall I think he did not do too badly, but he is an underdog and needs to do much better than that to convince people who do not know much about him to vote for him.
What did he say?