I used to spend my Saturday afternoon’s listening to Herman Cain on the radio. He was on a station that had internet access so I could catch his show even though I live several states away in the north and he is was broadcast in Georgia. The man is brilliant.
I will be so very proud to vote for Herman Cain. If he makes it to be our candidate.
If you search the archives, you will find that there were a lot of people here at FR who were thrilled with him back in 2004 when he was running for Senate. Many were sure he’d blow away the competition, or at least that with both him and another strong conservative, they could easily keep the “establishment candidate” below 50%.
Unfortunately, Isackson ended up with 53%, Cain could only manage 26%, while the 3rd candidate pulled 20%.
I still find it hard to imagine he’ll do better in the presidential primary. When the average republican people get engaged, I don’t see them rejecting Mitt Romney for a guy who has never been in elective office.
Fortunately, my concerns with Cain on that regard will be settled by the primary itself. If he WINS, it’s because he overcame the obstacles I think he has, and that will be a great thing. If he can’t overcome the obstacles, then he won’t win the primary, and we won’t have to worry about him faltering in the general election.
The only downside is that if he manages to suck the life out of the other conservative campaigns, Romney ends up our nominee. But maybe Cain gets the VP slot. Which he seems to be happy with, so it all works out well for him — he gets the Presidential nominee he is most comfortable with, AND gets to be VP.