[Erik Latranyi]

Translation: We just don’t get it!

Just like these idiots do not understand the Tea Party, they cannot understand Cain’s campaign. It shows how simple-minded many “experts” really are.

[DManA]

Well-connected GOP consultant Ali Akbar

Ali Akbar’s job is to get Mitt nominated.

[RockinRight]

Isn’t a dark horse candidacy, by definition, one that nobody expected to succeed?

[BillM]

What would happen if Sarah Palin AND Herman Cain joined up to sell a wholesale change of government (back to the Constitution)?

[DJ MacWoW]

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[manic4organic]

Wonder if Mr. Allahu Akbar is friends with Grover Norquist.

[dblshot]

The pundits, like Rove, put down the Cain Campaign for running a low budget campaign when in fact the campaign didn't have much money. It's like saying, you nobody, who the hell do you think you are. Reminds me of the “cool” kids in high school, who had cars given them by daddy and always won the class officer elections while belonging to every club and honors group they could get in to since the 7th grade while working class stiffs like me walked to school, 2 miles, up hill-both ways. I can see those kids on Facebook as adults now and some of them are as white and pasty looking as Karl himself but they still think they're cool. Well they can slander my name all over the place, but they better stay off of my blue suede shoes. And that's what Rove and the elites don't get, this is a working class election revolution. We're mad as hell, and we won't take it anymore.

[taildragger]

Boy do I get this...

I volunteered amongst a host of Tea Party Types. They are amateurs and that's ok, but you have a ton of small businessmen and women and you can end up with ego's, do it my way, or people going off on a tangent.

And then think about logistics...

* Who is going to set up the hardware-software for the calling center..
* Who is going to rent it?
* Are you going to glom off of RNC resources and eat humble pie if they let you when they can't stand you?
* Who is going to train the callers, I mean this seriously,
* This is no different than an Insurance or Financial Planner calling and you have impart a sense of urgency and get people out of their comfort zone to think the unthinkable and be open to their needs are not all met. You have 30 seconds to make the same type of sale as with Insurance, you are selling an intangible product, i.e. conservatism ( and in this case via the messenger of Herman Cain) and you have just one shot to do it...
* Who and where is the sub team for yard signs...

These are just some of the logistic issues, that need to be addressed, by "amateurs"...

[Twotone]

In my area the AFP has been giving regular training in running a grass-roots campaign, or acting as a campaign manager. More of that needs to happen.

Campaign leaders need to emphasize to everyone involved that the ego stays home - you’re on team, and the only thing that’s important is the goal - getting your candidate elected. It can be done, & I’m sure Cain will set a good example for his team.

[pallis]

It’s the beginning of the end of the old establishment, and once the “consultants” of the establishment figure out there has been a coup d’état in the Republican Party, they will come running to be a part of it.

[MestaMachine]

ali akbar? Lord, you can’t make this crap up!

[campaignPete R-CT]

the other McCain. is he an egotist?