[Victoria_R]

Herman Cain also faced the toughest questioning of any debate so far, regarding his 9-9-9 tax plan, and handled it mostly with his usual humor and wit. The former talk radio host can engage in an open debate with the best of them, but his lack of depth showed in spots. He didn’t seem to know the details of his 9-9-9 plan early on.

Cain was probably momentarily stunned by Perry and Romney's inability to distinguish federal taxes from state taxes.

Sorry, both Perry and Romney came across to me as completely clueless when discussing the state Sales tax vs. federal Sales tax issue. They both get an "F" in that subject from me considering they're up there touting experience as governors of states which have Sales tax. Weren't they paying attention to how their states imposed taxes to fund their state's government?

[lentulusgracchus]

Sorry, both Perry and Romney came across to me as completely clueless when discussing the state Sales tax vs. federal Sales tax issue.

They did it on purpose, en route to their payload declamation:

"But you'll raise taxes on the poor/middle class/whoever!"

Part of the noyau scream of "unworkable, unworkable" that they hope will exorcise the Cain candidacy and clear their road to the top.