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You’re complaining because you think that Ron Paul’s supporters have a message?

You haven’t mentioned anything that I’ve said that is untrue.

It’s a fact that the Fed is an elite institution.

It’s a fact that establishment Republicans think more highly of people with elite credentials.

It’s a fact that Cain has those elite credentials.

Unfortunately for Cain, that particular elite credential (Chairman of the Kansas City Fed) is one that many tea partiers (the ones who distrust the Fed) will not like.
But there are a lot of republicans, establishment Republicans, who do trust the Fed.

I think what you’re trying to say is that you’d prefer if the more difficult parts of Cains resume not be talked about as much when you’re trying to get votes from tea partiers.

I’m not criticizing Cain at all. It takes a lot of hard work and ideological trustworthiness to get to be the Chairman of the Kansas City Fed. Like any job, some people are going to like you more because you had the job and some people are going to like you less.

It just seems that when you’re the ex-Chairman of the Kansas City Fed, you might want to target for votes the types of people who like the fed (and there are a lot) instead of those who distrust the fed (and there are also a lot).

But, the political controversy surrounding the Fed aside, the Fed is still an elite institution, and establishment Republicans will give him credit for getting such a great job (even if they don’t have a clear opinion one way or another about the merits of the Fed - they know it’s an elite job, and establishment Republicans think highly of people with elite jobs. (It’s a problem Palin has, actually).