Who would have thought?
Romney's bad behavior Exposed by Seamus
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 ...
Cain could just be going rock hunting in Texas.
Palin endorsed Perry for Gov and said you betcha to Romney 2012 VP; as Perry was with Gore and Bachmann a former DEM,(So was Reagan BTW)Cain endorsed Romney in 2008.They all screwed up.Let’s not throw the baby out with the bath water and eat our own.
No, keep the attacks apparent.
Kind of like choosing the best of both hurls....
Seriously... How can you consider it Cain’s “stunt” when it was Amanpour who had ALREADY scheduled Sharpton to be on, it was Amanpour who asked a question that Cain couldn’t very well completely ignore, and it’s Sharpton who is STILL talking about this and making such a big deal out of it???
I just don’t understand why people are not seeing that it was the media’s PLAN to stir up this controversy. If Cain had been the one to broach the subject to begin with, if Cain had been the one to call up Sharpton etc..., THEN I could understand where people are coming from, but I honestly just don’t get it!
If people don’t want the media to pick our candidates, then DON’T let the media be the ones to get people all in a blather about inconsequential things!
I haven’t picked who to support at this point, but looking from the *outside* I’m seeing this whole situation much differently than it seems a lot of people here at FR (who have their faves already) are able to see it.
Who would have thought?
Romney's bad behavior Exposed by Seamus
Please do!
I’m tired of everyone posting threads the last week that are hit pieces on Herman Cain and they are the same folks!
Thanks for the info. Very interesting turn of events.
That’s it and Bachmann has a migraine and Palin teases and Perry has illegal messicans living with him;they are hairy crazy aunts I mean ants.
Now stop it.....quit bringing history, logic, reason and perspective into this debate. WTH do you think you are doing????
Didn't even think of it as supporting Mr. Cain's campaign. Just interested in learning more about the man.
This blog post is a lying sack of crap and it should not be in breaking news. Breaking wind is more like it.
Amen. What an absolute PIECE OF FECES ARTICLE BY A BLOGGER, packaged as “news” somehow. Bad thread. Should be pulled. Liberal Establishment, cr*ppping their pants over the Herman Surge-pablum. Does not belong on FR. But then again, maybe it does, accordingly to hold it up as a shining example of such desperation and panic that it represents.
Thank you! I think I’m starting to see some clarity here - your comment, and a few others are helping restore my faith a bit! LOL The last day or so has been trying for me personally - it’s like some FReepers around here have to be slapped upside the head or something... WHY are people falling for EXACTLY what the media did to our primary candidates the last time around?
Because they're running.
I'd love the perfect candidate but if I don't have one in the running, I'm not going to pick up my marbles and go home. I'm going to look at their records and pick the one I think is closest to my values.
I thought Cain looked good until the rock incident and then this bit about his leaving the campaign trail for a month. If true, it's Ross Perot all over again.
Maybe none of these candidates are my dream but then when I look at the alternative, at another Obama term, I can work up unbeatable enthusiasm for whoever we nominate.
Everytime they attack Herman, I order another sign or bumper sticker. I was going to send in 50 bucks every time but I ain’t made of money.
Is it also a lie that Cain endorsed Mitt Romney in the Atlanta Journal Constituition two day BEFORE Super Tuesday. 2008?
Is it also a lie that Cain has stated that he could not support Rick Perry even against BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA in the general election but ..... Mitt Romney is just fine in his book?
STATES UP FOR GRAB ON SUPER TUESDAY, 2008. TWO DAYS AFTER HERMAN CAIN ENDORSED MITT ROMNEY
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.
Romney the front-runner...just as the MSM was hoping and praying.
Romney the nominee? Say hello to 4 more years of Barry the Boob.
Only one hope now....
That's what all these sunsabiches get for leaving Rick Perry.
That is it. It shows a blatant attempt to discredit Herman Cain. Some need this to get used to attacks. The man is real and he deserves consideration.
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