Posted on 10/03/2011 6:15:17 PM PDT by Polybius
Herman Cain leaving the campaign trail: Why now?
Herman Cain is surging in popularity in a number of polls. So why is Herman Cain putting his campaign on hold for the next month?
The Hermantor Experience is, by almost any measure, the hottest thing going in the GOP presidential primary (not named Chris Christie).
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But Cain seems destined to squander it. And here’s why.
As NBC’s thoughtful First Read points out this morning, Cain's promoting a book - and appears to be taking himself off the campaign trail for almost a month.
Cain won’t be back in the key state of Iowa until November. With all of the jiggering of the Republican primary calendar, that means he’ll have six weeks (at best) to pound the trail before the Iowa caucuses in early January.
Perhaps equally telling, Cain's well-regarded communications director and her deputy are both leaving the campaign, with the director headed to… run press operations for Louisiana Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne in a tough primary election. That’s not exactly a vote of confidence in Cain’s presidential prospects.
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When you peel off the campaign trail for four weeks in the heat of the fight, it raises questions about just what the heck a candidate is doing in the race anyway. ....
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When you take yourself off the campaign trail just to flog a book, it raises the question: Why are you still around, Herman Cain? And what’s the real motive behind this run?
(Excerpt) Read more at csmonitor.com ...
For a group of people that has such disdain for the MSM, some here sure are quick to believe whatever the MSM wants them to believe.
Just sayin.
Pinging the Cain train - I think you all need to see this.
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PS - you aren’t the only one LibertyRocks, a lot of us see through this
“If Cain is putting his campaign on hold for a month”
Which he’s not doing.
Some historical background on that:
Years ago, maybe even in the 1800's, that name was carved on a rock. Years ago, Perry's FATHER LEASED that land as hunting land and PAINTED OVER that old name that had been carved on a rock who knows when, maybe a hundred years ago.
It is no more Rick Perry's fault that that land in Texas was named Ni##erhead before he was born than it is his fault that there is a Ni##gerhead, Yukon and a Ni##erhead, New Zealand right now.
Google Map of the region know as Ni##erhead, New Zealand
One thing is certain though: Rick Perry has been thoroughly smeared and the candidate at the top of the GOP polls today is ..... SURPRISE! ..... ... Mitt Romney.
This Mitt Romney.
Polybius is a troll....I’m surprise he is still here on FR. If you examine his post its clear that he is, always trying to instigate something
Agreed. The author of the article is repugnant/ignorant.
People who bought into it, need to stop judging instantly.
It's his Presidential campaign book, meaning this is about as absurd and contradictory of a hit piece as you can get.
And I see you are continuing your ridiculous and absurd comments about Cain endorsing Romney back in 2008 over John McCain.
Understood but he should have said he’d wait to get the facts. If he has instinctive emotional reactions to unsubstantiated accusatios, that’s not good in a President.
Trump is kicking Obama out of the room.
It becomes a broken record after awhile.
And then people stop listening to you.
Can't you add some new material?
Bald faced lie about Cain suspending his campaign. You know it. Your credibility is is zero—just like Obama. You belong in the Dem camp with crap like this.
Lawdy. As usual.....the MSM and ‘the powers that be’ are trying to pick our candidate. Ugh!
we have sent messages to the elitist GOP for a couple of years now and they still win not step aside because they know all their power and money will dry up.
They went against Sarah and they will attack anyone who is against Romney.
Romney is a north east liberal on , well every issue
Homosexuality, forget overturning DADT and defending DOMA.
To about everything else
Oh, we do...however, the goal was to bash Herman Cain, not to bother with anything factual. And remember, the “real” reason Herman Cain is in the race is to help Romney defeat Perry ... nevermind the fact Herman Cain got in way before he or anyone else even knew that Rick Perry was planning on running and it was a strong conservative grassroots effort to encourage Herman Cain to get into the race in the first place.
This is called “A manipulative spew of the competition’s wishful thinking.”
This is called “A manipulative spew of the competition’s wishful thinking.”
Agree totally. The CSM is usually better than this BS.
No “Borking” of Perry, its a “Robt Byrding” of him.
That is who he is most like.
Thank you. Would you please add me to the Cain ping list? I’m not *decided* at this point in the least, but what I’ve researched on my own so far has me intrigued. I’d really like to learn more about him.
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