No, that’s not all indications at all. She reportedly has a small but very good staff (e.g., Jason Recher) to ramp up an unconventional run that will depend more on her media and social media skills, retail campaigning skills, and anti-big campaign money strategy than the usual hack-filled campaigns. She’s got grassroots energy and volunteers that beat those of the rest of the candidates combined.
Why do you think the likes of Tokyo Rove and Fox News tried to force her to announce earlier, if at all? Because that would have made it easier for them to take her out. She knows what she is doing and has timed this thing perfectly.
Cain is still only at 55% name recognition, for crying out loud, whereas Palin’s still ahead of any of the candidates on that, even all the months and years and millions in campaigning from the likes of Willard.
Cain is succeeding nicely in selling his books, but he really only rose with the base’s reaction against the Romney and Perry alternatives. He is almost assuredly at the high-water mark of his popularity right now—and may have burst it with his cheap shotting of Perry on Sunday.
In regards to both Cain and Perry. As Thomas Sowell pointed out, if you expect Superman and only Superman, discounting the others because of small errors, you’re going to end up with just a warm body and no good candidates.
I can overlook Perry on immigration, because he had to abide by federal legislation on the issue and has promised to reform immigration reform if he becomes President. I can overlook Cain’s cheap shot at Perry, because because he’s not a black nationalist, but black racism against whites is embedded in black culture, that it’s going to be a part of their thinking at times. Many blacks are starting to arise above it, but it’s going to take time.
What You said.
Spot on.
So is Charlie Manson but nobody is going to vote for him.