[RockinRight]

I actually think Cain can do slightly better than say, Keyes, against Obama, and here's why:

He's authentic. He doesn't "act white" in his speech patterns, mannerisms, etc. Unlike Alan Keyes, who basically ignored his blackness, Cain embraces it. He might get 11% of the black vote.

[Longbow1969]

He might get 11% of the black vote.

I was thinking of conceding that maybe Cain could get 11% of the black vote but then I changed my mind.

Obama is the black communities rock star AND black people believe the government should not only give them stuff - but give them even more than they get now. No, I think Cain would flop in the black community. He'd convert about as many blacks to the Republican cause as Alan Keyes or Michael Steele - virtually none. The black voting block is entirely hopeless. About the best we can hope for is that many are disillusioned enough to stay home.

[An American!]

If he does it right, he will get 20+%.
But he has to get the message into the inner cities.
Get name recognition.
Run simple name ads on the sides of city bus, billboards etc.