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I really like Herman Cain. Next to Palin, he's the best we've got, in my opinion. If by some miracle, Sarah does not wind up running, he'll get my vote in the primary. That said, it's clear to 90% of those who are well-informed, and who closely follow politics, that she's in. The exact timing of her announcement is the only remaining mystery. She has said that she'll let the people know what her decision is in late September - early October, so it's coming soon.

You could have knocked me over with a feather when I heard of Cain's very solid win in the Florida straw poll -- a kind of landslide, wasn't it? And am I correct in thinking that particular straw poll is a historically reliable indicator of the eventual Repulican nominee? I don't know, but recall reading that it's been accurate for the past few decades. Maybe someone knows offhand?

My mom and I were talking about this just an hour or so ago. We both (and my wise Dad, too) have been hoping to see Palin as our next president because, in a nutshell, everything that we learn about her confirms that she's "the real deal," walks the walk, has lived a life that demonstrates it.

But Cain is clearly connecting in a big way, and he's WORTHY! I can't be the only one wondering: if Palin gets in, might she split Cain's support, a bad thing because it might help the real danger, the real vampire, Romney? Romney MUST have a stake put through his political heart. He's dangerous as long as he's got a political heartbeat. He is BAD NEWS for all of us, AS BAD AS ANY DEMOCRAT, including Obama, and worse in a way because as president, he would suck the blood out of the Republican party and leave nothing but a bloodless corpse.

Whereas if Obama, Hillary, or a yet-to-be-named Democrat took the White House in 2012, most of America would be furiously opposed, and Tea Party conservatives would infuse the Republican party with such healthy new blood that Congress would make a HARD RIGHT TURN.

Considering the whole picture from a detached place, it's clear that THERE ARE WORSE THINGS THAN ANOTHER FOUR YEARS OF OBAMA or whoever is nominated in his stead. And Romney would be one of those worse things.

SO -- my mom and I both agreed that we don't care who's at the top of the ticket, whether it's Cain or Palin -- we'd vote for that ticket with hearts positively swelling with hope and pride and confidence that we were voting FOR the right thing. For too long, we have only been voting against the wrong thing. With either Palin or Cain, we'd be voting FOR THE RIGHT THING.

Personally, I'd love it it worked out such that Cain and Palin announced together, side by side, an agreement, that either Cain dropped out and WOULD BE Palin's VP, or vice-versa, that Palin wouldn't enter but WOULD be Cain's VP(like I say, I don't care which one was at the top of the ticket, and you know what? I don't think real Tea Partiers would, either). I think a Cain-Palin or Palin-Cain ticket would win in such an enormous landslide that it would bring tears of joy to the eyes of every American patriot.

My sweetheart said, "Well, Palin would probably never settle for the VP slot again, that would be very unusual." My answer: Palin is an unusual kind of politician. And I am convinced that her ego is outside of the whole thing enough for her not to care about the title -- she's got the "servant's heart," and if that means being Cain's VP and helping him spot and avoid the kinds of government political gamesmanship that he's not had to deal with as much as she has in his career, then I think she'd do it.

I'd vote for that ticket with pure joy no matter who was at the top of it, knowing that a team was at the helm that can truly turn this American ship away from the shoals of statism and socialism where it's heading now, and the course that Romney (and Perry to a lesser degree) would keep it headed.

My gut tells me that Herman Cain is as much "the real deal" as Palin. But that's just my gut -- though with Palin, it's not gut, it's informed conclusion.

My sweetheart said, "Well, Palin would probably never settle for the VP slot again

Your sweetheart is right. Sarah said in "Going Rogue" that she would never run as a VP candidate again. She's come too far in this process to not run, and when she does, it will be for president.

She's still my first choice, but I am warming up to Cain. I think he'd get my vote, if, by some miracle, Sarah didn't enter the race.

I wouldn't get too excited about Herman's big week, just yet. It's a long way to the nomination, and the supposed 'front runner' position has changed hands over and over, as one or another candidate stepped on their own tongue, or something damaging came out about them.

We're still in the vetting process with most of these candidates, Finny, and Cain is one of those who is still under the microscope. He's a good man from all that I've seen thus far, but he's still got to prove that he deserves to be propelled into the presidency.

We'll see.