[RED SOUTH]

The black vote will stick with Obama before going republican and without the black vote , a black candidate can't win. Period. Cain's nomination would be dead on arrival.

[blarney]

I don’t know if I am real interested in him being President with that said he does carry more hope than anyone else for the highest office. He’s a straight talker, he’s intelligent and he can carry his message well. Head to head there really isn’t anyone who can beat him I doubt. Just not so sure if I would like to see him there.

Congress is where I want to see true conservatism and as long as there is that I don’t worry so much about President.

[llandres]

“The black vote will stick with Obama before going republican and without the black vote, a black candidate can’t win.”

You make two generalizations here.

First, did you ever see Glenn Beck’s shows with all black
(candid and outspoken) studio audience participants? I believe they’re more representative than you may think.

Second, it sounds as if you assume only blacks would vote for a black candidate. BHO couldn’t have won with only the black vote. If you’re inferring widespread prejudice in the country, that’s just not so. People are deeply concerned about the Green (and I don’t mean the environment); also, the majority of them are still conservative and Christian. After all that’s been crammed down their throats thus far, they hunger for a candidate who is like-minded - and real.

[Eagle of Liberty]

The black vote will stick with Obama before going republican and without the black vote , a black candidate can't win. Period. Cain's nomination would be dead on arrival.

Wow. Not only do you make a completely asinine comment, but then you go and up-font and bold it. Have you ever heard this man speak in public at a Tea Party rally? He was all over the country speaking at rallies this year. And guess what? There WERE black Americans in the audience.

[Brookhaven]

The black vote will stick with Obama before going republican and without the black vote , a black candidate can’t win. Period. Cain’s nomination would be dead on arrival.

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Your comment is inaccurate for two reasons:

(1) It assumes whites wouldn’t vote for Cain, so he would need to pick up black votes to replace them. Horse-hockey.

(2) Cain’s background would be a great example to blacks that there is another route in life than looking to big government. Cain grew up poor in Atlanta in the 1960’s, in the middle of the civil rights movement. He chose education and hard work to get ahead in life over resentment and government largess. I predit a lot of blacks (especially parents of young blacks) would be attracted to Cain, because they could point to him and say “see, that’s how you get ahead in life—stay clean, stay out of trouble, work hard, and get your education.”