Posted on 10/06/2011 10:35:23 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
HOUSTON -- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain said Thursday that he would definitely consider an invitation to run as the eventual nominee’s vice president, except if the nominee turns out to be Texas Gov. Rick Perry.
Cain, who rocketed to the top tier of the GOP field in several recent polls, was asked by reporters on the campaign trail for his thoughts on a hypothetical invitation to run as the eventual nominee’s No. 2. After offering the obligatory comment that he intends to be the nominee, Cain said, “Quite frankly, based upon Gov. Perry’s position on some issues, I would not be comfortable being his vice presidential nominee.”
Those issues include Perry’s moderate stances on immigration. As governor, Perry supported legislation offering in-state college tuition for the children of illegal immigrants, which has become a flash point in his campaign. Cain said, “Issues relative to being soft on the border, issues relative to the whole, you know, tuition for children of illegal aliens. And I haven’t totally gone through all of his positions, but a lot of positions I have questions with.”
Cain, who is black, was critical of Perry after the Washington Post reported Sunday that his family owned a Texas hunting camp once known as “Niggerhead,” a word that was also painted on a rock near the camp’s entrance. Perry has maintained that his father painted over the word as soon as he bought the property in the 1980s. And Cain subsequently said he believed Perry’s explanation.
Of a vice presidential slot in general, Cain said, “I would not say no to being vice president of the United States. But it would depend upon who got the nomination. I will support who gets the nomination. I know I have said that there are some people right now who I cannot support, but I wouldn’t say no to it. I could say yes. But it has to be someone who I believe I can complement them in their job by being able to bring my skills to the table.”
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I would hate to see him as anyone’s running mate. I really thing he’d make a GREAT President.
AH...Cain is shooting for that VP slot with Mittens.
Be thinking about whom you want for your running mate.
The social engineering that the Federal government has installed, as well as their give away programs combined with their rules about not asking a student’s residency information, which is further complicated and exacerbated by not enforcing laws or sealing the 1250 border Texas shares with Texas, are not the fault of our border state governor (now our longest serving gov. because of his position on the issues).
If anyone will finally address the illegal immigration and social engineering draws, it will be Gov. Perry. None of the other candidates will. Perry is against amnesty and has repeatedly called for the border to be sealed. We here in Texas are spending hundreds of millions of OUR state budget to defend and protect the rest of the country — as well as we can — while Obama-Holder buy weapons for the Drug-human trafficking cartels in Mexico.
Cain wants to be Romney’s running mate. Notice...no criticisms of Romney, whose positions and track record (even on immigration) are much further to the left and more liberal than Perry’s.
What are Herman Cain’s positions on immigration?
But no doubt he finds Mitt acceptable.
Has the Myth purchased the entire field apart from Perry?
How funny is this. He has a problem with Perry but no problem with Romney. Of the two, who is the least conservative. Even I know the answer to that question.
I don’t know that Herman Cain would make a good running mate for anybody. He strikes me as only being a team player if he’s leading the team.
No comment about the LDS well known history of excluding blacks.
Mittens will not win the nomination. He is stuck below 25% and can’t surge any more. When one of Perry, Cain, Bachmann or Newt makes into the final 2, they will win over Mittens.
Looking forward to your demise, Cain. You may then join the other hypocrites in the 'room of forgotten men'.
Race baiting...unlike a governor who uses race to determine in state tuition scholarships, right?
I wonder if Cain simply dislikes Rick Perry - it makes NO sense that he’s unacceptable, whereas Mittens is for him.
Don’t worry you won’t be asked. Unless ofcourse you buddie Romnuts wins the nom.
Good. We don’t have to worry about a Cain/Perry ticket!
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