Clinton was pre 9/11, everything changed for me that day. While this election will be won or lost on American pockets the world is a very dangerous place still. I am not comparing Obama and Herman here but look at the damage Obama has wrought in the Middle East and Africa. Jihadists and sharia are ascendant and Obama will lose same to Iraq as he has in Egypt and Libya. I like Herman but would just feel more comfortable with a guy making policy decisions about Iran, Iraq and Israel with some historical and current knowledge about same.
But for the record no candidate thrills me and my vote will be an anti Obama vote no matter who runs against him.
I feel the same way. The economy will probably be the main focus of this election, but the MENA situation is the most consequential and threatens every aspect of our lives. We need someone who gets that.
I may have to take another look at Santorum.
As dwgator says, Cain’s problems are fixable. I’m not quite to the point of swooning over the guy yet, but I’m pretty dam sure he would not have gone blundering about, toppling stable regimes and attacking countries that had come clean about their WMDs, settled with the passengers of the flight they shot down, and kept the al q sitch under control. THAT MAN used to brag about his judgement. THAT MAN has NOT judgement.