[LibertarianInExile]

I ask the same question I asked about Rush Limbaugh:

If you are a conservative, hoping the GOP will nominate a conservative, given the impact your endorsement may have, why would you wait to endorse anyone until your endorsement has turned into nothing more than an ineffectual cry for help?

Romney wasn’t any real plus over McCain. He was just a product of the “anyone BUT McCain” reaction. Too late for any real impact on the process. Cain is simply not a reflexive conservative.

[palmer]

Yes, probably too late, but that's not surprising in 2008 with people like Thompson gumming up the process.

Romney wasn't any real plus over McCain.

Perhaps, but a lot of facts about Romney were not as commonly known as they are now. I would say that worst case was Cain did not do a lot of homework (like many other people).