Cain’s biggest gaffe was not saying he could do without a Muslim in his administration. His biggest gaffe was not coming up with a better answer about foreign policy in his first debate.
Saying that he’d just defer to the experts won’t cut it.
The right answer is that he has certain principles that he applies across the board: (1) American Security, (2) Integrity, (3) Support for allies, (4) etc.
Those kinds of things are general, but they are “Reaganesque” in that Reagan operated more on principle than on knowing the name of the under-secretary of defense in Pakistan. It’s better to know that he’ll crush the guy if he steps out of line.
Peace through Strength always is a winning principle.
Exactly so.