Cain momentum continues; South could be key

AP/YahooNews ^ | 10/29/11 | SHANNON McCAFFREY

[Kartographer]

Herman Cain's rise in the polls appears to be no fluke. Unlike some other Republican presidential contenders who have flamed out fast after auditioning as the conservative antidote to Mitt Romney, Cain is still riding high atop public opinion surveys. "They said I was the flavor of the week," the Georgia businessman said at an appearance Friday on a campaign swing through Alabama. "But four weeks later the Cain campaign still tastes good!" Cain lacks the money and organization of his top-tier GOP competitors. But, so far, he's survived several high-profile campaign blunders and an onslaught of attacks on his signature 9-9-9 tax overhaul plan. And despite the sudden rise to the top tier of the GOP, Cain is still doing things his own way.

[MikefromOhio]

No, I mean the general.

I’m not so worried about the primaries actually.

[kingattax]

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[rbbeachkid]

I think a better “balance” would be to beef up his foreign policy deficits.

Cain/Bolton

[FourPeas]

How can the south be a key?? We all know it’s filled with racist tea partiers. This must be a typo.

[Happy Rain]

When I was a child in the segregated South—(didn't attend class with a black student til my junior year in High School)—men like Herman Cain were considered by respectable white folk with class as decent colored folk.

In my South,”sorry-shiftless-no account” was akin to the “N” word —and “white trash” went right on alongside.
“Colored” and “not common” were social virtues aspired to by good blacks and whites respectively.
Often,back in the desegregating times when Boston was more violent in their dissent to busing for “racial balance” than even the most ignorant Southern redneck town, black folk wanted, even then, for the purely politically motivated racialist agitation to end so that they could provide in peace their children a means to a proper living the best they knew how.
Black folks like Cain—who never bought into the race-hustling poverty pimping of Jackson,Sharpton and today's NAALCP made their way in the new way and saw no reason to keep bitching when so much work was to be done..
Herman Cain will win South Carolina and thus the GOP nomination and again thus the Presidency because he is a true Southern Christian Conservative who grew up on the character developing threshing floors of the Old South where to both overcome the inbred injustices and to embrace the inherent love of America ripped raw makes for a grand leader.

[Theodore R.]

Cain is the one Republican which would compel Karl Rove to switch parties. Not a bad pick the, but can the American people understand?

[Theodore R.]

“Kennedy wing of the GOP”: Didn’t Reagan use that in reference to the JFK tax cut of 1964 (passed by LBJ) before Hatch peformed the deed over and over. Has Hatch already endorsed Romney?

[Theodore R.]

SC is “open” and VA too, I believe. I would imagine that the Romney might talk Cain out of the race to become VP even before IA. The establishment people would like to cancel the whole primary process, which is skewed in their favor any way.

[Happy Rain]

During his inauguration parade,JFK put on a top hat while riding in a convertible next to wife Jackie—he was grinning while she shot him a look that said—”You look like an a hole in that hat!”
He never wore another hat and the word went out that no other man should as well.
The Dems and the MSM had a monopoly on real power back then.

[Buckeye Battle Cry]

Newz - I can’t see Bachmann. Why is it she has never gone after Romney? As a RINO he has given her a ton of low hanging fruit to attack. But she offers no indication that she is inclined to attack Romney. That makes me suspicious of her.

[ilgipper]

I was at a work event this week, and was surprised how excited everyone was for Cain. These are Republican voters of all stripes, because I usually won’t bring up politics in these situations, but there are certain people I often have a chance to talk on the sidelines about the issues of the day.

The interest in this man is real and genuine. If he holds up, we may have an historic opportunity for clear, conservative leadership.

[sand88]

But his brand of politics and then there’s the fact he’s a Mormon don’t play well down South.

99.98999% of the people voting against Mitt will do so because of his Liberalism. The vast majority of voters will not care or not know about he being a Mormon.

Mitt will do badly in the South ONLY because of his arrogant Liberalism.

It is very insulting for Freepers to bring up his Mormonism as a factor, knowing darn well the opposition to Mitt is his Liberalism.

[VictoryGal]

I’m liking this guy more and more. He’s defying “conventional wisdom”, running a completely new kind of campaign. He can think out of the box yet still retain solid, core principles.

We don’t have to settle for Mittens! All aboard the Cain Train!

[sand88]

Cain will have to flip a northern state or three to win. I don’t know if that’s going to happen honestly.

Cain has a good chance to win Michigan and even WV. Obama will NOT win FL again. Also, it is most likely a loss for Obama in Ohio.

If Cain wins the GOP nomination, he will likely win in a landslide.

[Segovia]

I totally agree with that assessment; but I would add that the one thing we are seeing in Herman Cain that seems to be lacking in the rest are INSTINCTS. Poor instincts is what made Bachmann hire Rollins, poor instincts is what made Perry come of with some of the stupid shit he's come out with, thinking he was ingratiating himself to some faction. Poor instincts is basically what is making all of them jump the wrong way. Cain, on the other hand, though he's pretty well educated, has gotten to the top of the heap through laser guided instinct. It's served him well in the business world, and so far, it's putting him head and shoulders above the competition in this political race. I think great instincts is one of the attributes that made Reagan great. we really need a leader in this country today with good instincts. This country is in pain— we need a shot of novaCAIN.

[sand88]

Brilliant post, very well stated. It is incredible the fools who think you “must have” political experience to be President. Those politicians for the most part of scum. They consider the Constitution as outdated and irrelevant.

[MNJohnnie]

Ok, so the guy winning in all the polls is going to be talked into quitting to be Romney's VP?

Do any of you campaign bots realize how stupid that argument is?

[BenKenobi]

Thanks Onyx. Gotta sleep sometime. :)

[federal__reserve]

Your post deserves repeating:

Conservatives can coalesce around Cain or Bachmann. That’s the only way to defeat Romney. If they split their vote again, Romney will win the nomination.

[federal__reserve]

Superb post!

As for foreign policy, what the president must keep in mind for every move is-——What should be the plan of action in the best interest of United States of America.

If he/she makes all decisions using that rule, it will turn out to be a very good decision.