Being conservative is not only possible outside of holding political office, it is the statistical norm. Cain dropped a million of his own dollars into the promotion of prolife values. And he has lived his life according to the principles of meritocracy, not gimme-ocracy. That is the root of fiscal conservatism. The only area in which he is truly untested, IMHO, is foreign policy. But inasmuch as his life has been lived, on the record, as one who genuinely treasures his country, that puts him light years ahead of the current occupant of the WH.
I'm not doubting his patriotism, and I'll be more then glad to say, he is a true American success story. However, how has his views on gays been tested ? How have his views on on environmental versus jobs been tested ? How have any of his views been tested ?
On abortion, if I give him the benefit of the doubt, he misspoke badly and sounded like he was trying to impersonate Mario Cuomo, on muslims, he backtracked and apologized, what if he does this same thing, while he is in office with regulations ? As for the root of fiscal conservatism, I'm sorry, but the fact that he was the senior economic advisor for Bob Doles presidential campaign, really hurts his case, along with having been chairman of the board for the KC Federal Reserve. I also don't like how he answers questions on it, and I hate his justification of TARP.
Its funny, but yes, he is light years ahead of the current occupant in the white house, but thats such a low standard, that, it actually is unfair to Mr. Cain, he should not be compared to Obama, he needs to be compared to other conservatives, which is impossible, because they h ave records where push has come to shove, and he doesn't.
“the current occupant of the WH.” After seeing their best I have this gut feeling that Mr. Cain may go tribal and get sucked in by the evil entitlement brothers.