Most likely, Cain is going to have a fairly small but very devoted base of supporters. Like Ron Paul only more likeable. When it becomes clear he can’t get the nomination, he needs to withdraw with grace and without the bitterness we get from the Paulistas. The downside of Cain’s candidacy is that when he does NOT get the nomination, the lamers in the lamestream media will paint the Republican rank and file as racist.
That’s reality.
So, since you know this in advance, tell us your prediction who will get the nomination. Also, who are you for?
Do you know how people laughed at me for saying Obama would get the nod for the Dem nomination? I picked that right and I’m going out on a limb on this one too.
Of the current candidates, he can win. Unless Palin or Christie get in the race, he has a good chance. No one else can come close to him. He pretty much already sent Pawlenty to the curb, and would do the same to Daniels. They both have zero campaign presence. In this group it comes down to Romney vs Cain. Establishment vs grassroots.
Politics today is vastly different than what we have known for the past 30 years. In Florida, Rubio beat the sitting governor....twice, and won a three way race as a grassroots candidate. Mike Lee beat a sitting snator in the state caucus.