"Do you think that the election of one black U.S. Senator would have all those positive repercussions?"
A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
Herman Cain is uniquely qualified to convince conservative and moderate blacks that the Democrat Party has deserted them and that it is the Republican Party that agrees with them on the issues, since (i) he is from a humble background, not from an affluent suburban "Oreo" upbringing, so he's got "street cred," (ii) he is a passionate defender of the right to life and other traditional religious values, and every poll shows that blacks agree with the GOP on these issues (although most don't know it yet), and (iii) he would be the strongest advocate for Social Security reform in the Senate, and blacks are hurt disproprtionately by the current Social Security system, since the life expectancy of black men is much lower than for other groups in the U.S. and thus they do not benefit from a system in which the money they put into it over their working years is not "vested" and thus cannot be bequeathed to their children and grandchildren. While it will take more than Herman Cain's election to the Senate to convince 30% of blacks to vote Republican, it could be the catalyst for which we have been waiting for so long.