Sure, what Cain needs to do is take the little time he has in the debates and attack Romney. He needs to forget about telling people about himself and his plans, just attack Romney. Attack, attack, attack. /sarcasm
That’s worked great for Bachmann, didn’t it. She went after Perry, failed to make a case for herself, and sunk in the polls.
Herman Cain needs to tell people about Herman Cain—who he is, what he stands for, and what his plans are. At this point in time that should be job 1, 2, 3, & 4 for Cain.
I’m not voting for Perry and I’m not buying your bullflop about you not being a fan of Perry.
The way I see it... Perry is the only conservative trying to out Romney and his liberalism... In fact, he’s the only one, period...
And yet, so many of our fellow FReepers are trying to destroy Perry... Disgusting, IMHO.
Over one policy. Illegal immigration... When Romney is worse across the board.
Just WOW.
I don’t believe ‘ATTACKING A GOP CANDIDATE’ is in Herman Cain’s toolbox! He may disagree with another candidate’s stand on an issue, but that is NOT an attack! It is stating HIS stand on that issue.
Right now, he needs to become the top conservative. Then he can take on Romney. Let’s face it, Perry supporters and Cain supporters overlap in views far more than Cain and Romney supporters.
"Gallup: Obama Hits All-Time Low Among Blacks as Cain Surges Among Republicans"
Be my thought that those voters could be picked up by Herman Cain.
11th commandment
There is no real leader in the race so why go on the offensive and make yourself a target for others to coalesce against.
Makes you look stoopid, immature and petty.
Most candidates will flame out all by themselves for a variety of reasons, number one being lack of funds.
Etc, Etc, Etc....
Actually Cain would be smart to stick to issues and avoid paying any attention to any of the other candidates other then 0.
Republicans and Conservatives want people who will lead and focus on the Dems. They really are not at all interested in GOP candidates trashing each other. Cain is smart to stay out of the mud.
And NO he did not “attack Perry”. He answered a question honestly. One of the down sides of having an honest man in the race is he is going to tell you things you do NOT want to hear from time to time.
One of the major reasons Cain is doing so well is he stays out of the stupid politics as usual smear game and focuses on solutions.
Perry v Romney is more of the same stupid political theater that got us in this mess in the 1st place.
Until and unless big money starts to make it's way to Cain, Romney won't see him as a serious threat, no matter what the polls say, so he'll say nice things about Cain. Cain is taking support from Perry and not from Romney. And Cain has made it clear he's willing to be Romney's VP.
Not really that hard to figure out.
I have no problem with Cain philosophically, I just want him fully vetted. And until one of the other candidates sees him as a credible threat for the top spot, it won't happen.
What does the GOP establshment and the obama campaign have in common? They both want romney as GOP nominee.
romney sucks.
He won’t attack Romney because they have an alliance. Cain knows the establishment won’t approve him to he is going to be Romney’s VP. Saw this one coming when they all ganged up on Perry.
I remain wary of Cain until he can show that he understands that Mitt Romney is no better than most Democrats. Unless and until he does that, I remain a lukewarm supporter.
Cain is running even with Mitt. Hopefully, he’ll keep the recent momentum and leave Mittens in his dust. Don’t fix what’s not broken.
Yup... the PURPOSE of the primary season is for the party’s candidates to distinguish themselves from one another. In other words: what does this candidate bring to the table that the other candidates don’t bring (or don’t bring well)?
It is ABSOLUTELY a legitimate question to ask why Cain is focusing sustained fire on #3, while virtually ignoring #1 (where Romney is in most polls).
Both Romney and Perry are the same old GOP politics as usual Establishment politicians. All this suppose verbal combat at the debates is just Kabuki theater for the masses.
What does Romney need? Someone to build a bridge to the social conservatives in GOP Establishment like Palin did for McCain in 2008. Who is the darling cult of personality Bush jr idol of the social conservatives?
Rick Perry.
What does Perry need but a chance to perform on the National stage and be "President in waiting" so he can be President in fact 8 years from now.
It is a political Establishment marriage of the GOPbots dreams. It the equivalent of putting Bush and McCain on the same ticket. Mass campaign money plus candidates who are on the "correct" side of every one of the crony capitalist party Establishment positions.
Cain has nothing to offer any of the Establishment Candidates. He build no bridges, brings no money and totally over shadows any of them on the intellectual field.
Cain would not be anyone choice for VP. Perry will be.
Why does he need to attack Romney? He’s catapulted from bottom to top by just sticking to his own message.
Romney has 4 YEARS of name recognition and front-page news behind him. The fact that an unknown like Cain is now tied with Romney for the lead shows that Cain’s message works. He approach works. No need to change it up when everything is firing on all cylinders.
Both Romney and Perry are the same old GOP politics as usual Establishment politicians. All this suppose verbal combat at the debates is just Kabuki theater for the masses.
What does Romney need? Someone to build a bridge to the social conservatives in GOP Establishment like Palin did for McCain in 2008. Who is the darling cult of personality Bush jr idol of the social conservatives?
Rick Perry.
What does Perry need but a chance to perform on the National stage and be “President in waiting” so he can be President in fact 8 years from now.
It is a political Establishment marriage of the GOPbots dreams. It the equivalent of putting Bush and McCain on the same ticket. Mass campaign money plus candidates who are on the “correct” side of every one of the crony capitalist party Establishment positions.
Cain has nothing to offer any of the Establishment Candidates. He build no bridges, brings no money and totally over shadows any of them on the intellectual field.
Cain would not be anyone choice for VP. Perry will be.
Cain has not attacked anybody - other than pointing out he is the only one running that is not a professional politician.