I actually haven’t chosen a candidate yet, though I think both Perry & Cain have the right kind of experience to make them effective presidents, but with Palin not running I’m starting to look at others. And her opinion is also important to me, as it is to the candidates since the minute they found out she wasn’t running wanted to meet with her. When it comes to jobs & budgets, Cain has that over the other candidates as he’s had to dealt with every single issue that makes business successful which leads to more employment.
The issues you cite are important but whoever we elect is going to, necessarily, be most involved in creating jobs and reducing the deficit. Part of Reagan’s philosophy was to pick a few important things, focus on them and do them well. That’s one of the reasons he was such an effective (great) president.
I’d love to see mandatory sonograms (though there are privacy issues and it would probably go to the courts) and absolute protection of the 2nd amendment for all. I want to see our standing in the world increase. But right now our government needs to work on getting the economy going. A CEO does all those things: cutting waste, regulations, taxes, etc. Like it or not, people aren’t going to be able to concentrate on other important issues until they don’t feel like any minute the world is going to fall apart and they’ll no longer be able to put food on the table.
This doesn’t mean those important issues can’t be dealt with, it just means (and this applies even for a person who does have expertise in this area) the president needs to delegate these things to people with expertise in those areas. Imagine Perry or Jan Brewer at homeland security dealing with the border issue. Talk about experience! Or Michelle Bachmann as attorney general, Palin as energy secretary, Bolton as secretary of state, West as Sec. of Defense, etc. In other words (and I’m not saying Cain is the only one who can do this, just that he has the proven experience to hire the best) regardless of who wins, they’re concentration is going to have to be on gov spending/deficit, economy & jobs. The very best that person can do is find the very best people for the other positions and let them do their jobs.
That doesn’t mean a president doesn’t need to know about and make decisions regarding other matters, but if he has experts they can fill him in & discuss recommendations. He will have the final say and will definitely have international duties (we need to put America back on top) since the world is crashing as well since they no longer have leadership from us, but an excellent sec. state can keep him thoroughly briefed. Thus, he might be better prepared than someone who tries to do everything.
For me, Cain’s big draw is that he has the kind of executive experience we need to solve economic issues and he hasn’t been entrenched in government for so long he hasn’t forgotten what the private sector is life. And he understands personally how crony capitalism has ruined the nation. And a successful CEO knows how to delegate and how to find the best people with positions he agrees with and who have the strength to do what needs to be done. But as I said, I’ve just started studying the two (none of the others are electable IMO) so I haven’t made up my mind despite my leaning towards Cain.
Cindie