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I lost all enthusiasm with Cain when he chose to play the race card against Perry. It says something about the man's core beliefs on race as does his apparent support for affirmative action. I no longer trust what he says, I fear he is just another Collin Powell waiting to betray conservatives as soon as he gets into office.

I am less sanguine about the Republican field of candidates than ever. Perry is still my preferred guy, but his stock went down considerably in the last debate.

I would love to see Gingrich rise in the polls, but as it stands right now, I fear as I have for some time that Romney is going to win by default.

Another dreadful example of the GOP going with a candidate "because it's his turn."

I lost all enthusiasm with Cain when he chose to play the race card against Perry.

There you go again...

Where there's a shell, there's a way.

If you can't appreciate the pure beauty of the violin after hearing this, something's wrong with your ears.

Or you can get raw with these strings. Either way, the violin is sweet yet lethal.

Do it!

He said the word was insensitive. Its isn’t like he called Perry heartless!

Cain/on the issues

It depends on what you mean by the term ‘affirmative action’
When I ran in the 2004 Republican U.S. Senate primary in Georgia, the majority of my support came from white Georgians, not urban Atlanta’s African-Americans. Those who supported my campaign and voted for me embraced my issue-based campaign.

What did the media always want to ask me about? My position on affirmative action. My standard answer was, “It depends on what you mean by the term ‘affirmative action’.” That usually caused blank stares from the reporters and allowed me to turn the focus back on the big issues.

In the real world, the individuals who usually rise to the top of their chosen professions and achieve their dreams are the most talented and hardest working. In the political world, success is too often determined by political tenure, timing and factors none of us can control, such as our race, ethnicity or sex.
Source: Political column, THE New Voice, “Diversity Distraction” , Jan 29, 2007

I oppose government-imposed hiring quotas
Though my positions on the political issues have wavered little throughout my life, I honestly did not realize I was a conservative until I began my campaign for US Senate. I am pro-life on the issue of abortion. I fully support the Second Amendment right to bear arms. I am opposed to a government-imposed quota system on hiring practices. I believe we must replace the out-of-date federal tax code, and I believe Congress must severely cut back on its wasteful spending. But I did not know the term conservative defined my belief system. Prior to initial consultations with my campaign consultants when I ran for US Senate in Georgia, no one had ever packaged my political views into a single term.
Source: They Think You’re Stupid, by Herman Cain, p. 21-26 , Jun 14, 2005