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Cain blew it. He came through the bimbo eruption with flying colors. The race was his to lose, and he snarfed it on foreign policy questions. It wasn't that he had a single fumble, but that he didn't get any right on the first try.

I think you are letting the leftists and the MSM do your thinking for you. Is Herman Cain a perfect candidate? Of course not. Does his political inexperience render him less able to reel off policy soundbites? Sure. But what does the President actually do? What qualities make someone a good President? These are the important questions.

My point was that if Cain had put in a little time on prepping for foreign affairs he was well on the way to winning this in a walk away. Now he has let Gingrich into the mix and that is going to be a much tougher debate than Perry, who to be honest self destructed. I'm not letting the leftists do my thinking. Cain's answers last weak showed a lack of effort and prep work, period.

Cain is probably the best remaining candidate. But he had the chance to end this quickly. And with Romney's massive cash reserves and establishment backing a quick kill was essential for an insurgent victory. If this comes down to a long slog we end up with Romney, and that is a fate too horrible to imagine. Cain needs to study up, and from his performance last night appears he may have gotten the message. But the stumble let Gingrich into the race and that is going to cost him.

If we want to prevent the Romney disaster, conservatives need to get their act together. Cain needs to be flawless for the next week and hope Gingrich's stand on amnesty shuts him down.