Posted on 10/02/2011 9:10:47 PM PDT by Meet the New Boss
This is great for Romney, now Cain will have tons of money to give him when he bows out
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Herman Cain in 2011
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Herman Cain's Endorsement of Romney Two Days Before Super Tuesday, 2008
Romney has the leadership qualities United States needs,
By HERMAN CAIN
Published on: 02/03/08
The dynamics of political party connections, the political process itself and public perceptions have once again yielded the top two contenders of each major party in the 2008 presidential race. And once again, the public can only hope that the ultimate winner of the White House will be a candidate with the most leadership substance.
My vote is for Mitt Romney.
History is important, but the future is more important. The success of this country in the future will be shaped by the leadership abilities of the next president.
Our success will not be based on pandering to uninformed voters, promising emotional quick fixes over common sense or nitpicking of opponents' past records. Success will come from focusing on the right problems and solving them. That will mean making tough decisions about some problems that have been with us for decades. It will also mean taking a tough stand on new problems and challenges.
That's what leaders do.
Mitt Romney has done that as a chief executive officer in business, as a governor and as head of the U.S. Olympics. He has done so while balancing political consequences but not compromising fundamental principles of the founding of this country or free-market economics. We have prospered as a nation by strengthening those principles; we will not remain strong if we allow those principles to become diluted with a lack of leadership.
Anyone who wishes to find a reason not to vote for Romney can find one. But the reasons to vote for him are far more compelling. He has successfully managed a real business with other people's money and some of his own. He has balanced budgets. He successfully led a turnaround situation with the Olympics. And he has spent more of his career outside government than inside.
On the other hand, John McCain has spent more of his career inside government than outside, and the reasons not to vote for him as the Republican nominee are very compelling.
He voted against letting people keep more of their money in 2001 and 2003 when President Bush pushed through his tax cuts. He has been part of the escalation of the federal debt during his 20-plus years in the U.S. Senate. He showed questionable leadership on a failed immigration bill. And he showed no leadership by failing to support the president's efforts to establish personal retirement accounts — a proposal that would have started to fix the coming financial train wreck in the Social Security system.
That's not leadership.
I do not question the character, integrity or sincerity of either Mitt Romney or John McCain, nor do I question their desire to do what's best for the country. I do not worry that they would fan the flames of social and religious differences. My focus is on their prospective leadership relative to national security, the economy, federal spending, free-market health care solutions and the elimination of dysfunctional programs.
Mitt Romney's history is more indicative of the substance needed to make major progress on critical issues, and not just to make more politically palatable incremental changes in Washington.
Media momentum and campaign funding aside, there are several other Republican candidates who would not cause me to worry about our grandchildren's future. The two leading Democratic presidential candidates, however, cause me great concern because of their severe lack of leadership substance and their policy proposals.
This is despite Barack Obama's appeal and strong public perception but entirely consistent with Hillary Clinton's self-proclaimed but quite invisible experience.
Great leaders are born, and good leaders keep working on it. We are not favored with an obvious great leader in the 2008 race, as is apparent from the primary process and the results thus far.
But Mitt Romney's leadership credentials offer the best hope of a leader with substance, and the best hope for a good president who could turn out to be great.
“I can’t vote for him because he thinks the n-word is insensitive!!!”
I can’t vote for him because he insulted the guy who thinks subsidizing illegals is the American way!!!
I laughed when I read your screen name. I think that is an unlikely pairing.
Oh yeahhh!
First if you want a perfect candidate, you AINT GONNA GET IT
Second we MUST elect the most conservative THAT CAN WIN
Romney and Perry ain’t it.
Perry will have to change. He said he was wrong about Gardasil. He will also have to admit he was wrong for supporting illegals instead of saying we were wrong. If you let him off the hook, he will not change.
You keep spamming the Herman Cain threads with his support of Romney in 2008.
The choices at the time were Huckabee, McCain and Romney.
Which one are you claiming he SHOULD have chosen?
My candidate was Duncan Hunter, bet when he flamed out I had to choose another. That’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
I supported the RINO McCain in the general election. Does that make me a bad person?
Cain trashed Perry with the Race Card and then threw all the others under using the Gay Victim card.
A real sleazy opportunist using the Obama state media hit pieces to take cheap shots ! He is a SLUG
Played it twice, once with Amanpoor, once with Wallace. Must be borrowing those Aces from his bud Mitt.
I for one am proud to be called a heartless racist by Rick Perry.
Yes, you Perry trolls love to try to put Cain in bed with Romney, even though Cain HAS had criticism for Romney as well.
Wonder how you explain this little tidbit
http://news.yahoo.com/mitt-rick-secret-donor-deal-032600837.html
“It might be hard to imagine after last week’s GOP presidential slugfest, but there was a time not too long ago when a group headed by Mitt Romney quietly—and a judge says illegally—helped Rick Perry’s political career in Texas and set the stage for his new nemesis to rise on the national stage.”
It’s too bad about Cain, until today I thought he would make a good running mate for Governor Perry. But not now.
Cain will support Obama over Perry !
Cain is mess who stabs his rivals in the back and would rather see Obama win over Perry !!
Cain is a snake
“Are you really okay with n..ggardly?
he said its an aweful word.
I agree.
Race IS THEE FACTOR
MSM and dems are going to make it that way.
its all they got!!!
with or without cain
get use to it (albeit disgusting)”
Comment:
No Donna I am not OK with that word. However, I subscribe to Reagans speak no evil of fellow Republicans which you evidently do not subscribe to in any manner or form. Perry had no control over something some ignoramus wrote on a rock. Do not give me that Obama Bull Shiet that Perry is not fit for office because the rock was not fully covered or the paint wore off over the years. I am tired of those individuals always among us who feint playing the race card. I believe that is why Obama is losing big time. Could it be that you, like some on this forum are nothing more than trolls sowing pretentious dissent against anyone who does not support your views.
The pairing would never have worked anyway, because Herman Cain is against open borders, amnesty for illegals and government benefits for illegals.
Are you really okay with n..ggardly?
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Seriously? Do you know what that word MEANS?
It means ‘miserly’ or cheap.
So, yeah, I’m ok with it.
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