While Cain is currently my front-runner choice, he's not perfect. His statement of faith is overly simplistic, and the one for his church leaves the reader hard-pressed to find out what the church actually believes.
Of course he is not perfect, no one thinks so, and he is very upfront with the fact that he is not!
As for the article you post - in that article, Herman Cain didn’t say that was his statement of faith, the author did. He could have said it’s his life verse for all you know.
I’m pretty surprised anyone would actually call a Bible verse simplistic anyway.
Herman Cain says he believes in Jesus Christ, and is quite outspoken about that and his belief that God had more work for him whichc is why he didn’t die of cancer. His life shows fruits of the Spirit. Only God knows his heart, so I am going by what I see and hear and nothing contradicts his confession of faith.
At Christmas last year he wrote a wonderful article about Jesus as the perfect conservative: http://www.redstate.com/thehermancain/2010/12/20/the-perfect-conservative/
His church is largely democrat, this is no secret, it’s a large black church in Atlanta. Their doctrine may not even be sound, but it is NOT a black liberation theology church. Their pastor is old, back from the civil rights days. My husband reminds me of the fact that blacks were not allowed to go to the main seminaries back when this man was training. So, who knows? I do know that Herman Cain has said nothing about Spiritual matters, or the Bible or his faith that raises red flags with me. The basic tenets are sound.