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Thanks for the ping. Rumors of the demise of the Cain campaign are greatly exaggerated.

This particular poll averaging reflects a few things that have been bothering me. Cain never really "surged" in the polls, more like he had a steady 5-week climb between Sept 29 and Nov 3. Yet all the reporting from both sides (GOP establishment as reflected by Fox News, and liberal spin as reflected by everyone else) reported that Cain was the "flavor of the week", and did their best to either ignore or completely dismiss his poll position.

Gingrich has had a 2-week surge, entirely coinciding with Herman Cain's media-driven decline. Gingrich's rise in the polls is being reported as a "surge", he's rarely called the "flavor of the week", and his rising poll position is the lead story from both sides. The media is breathlessly anointing Gingrich as the inevitable "anti-Romney." Why? Doesn't conventional wisdom hold that the "anti-Romney" vote represents the conservative base? Of the potential anti-Romney candidates - Cain, Bachmann, Santorum, Perry, Gingrich - who is the least conservative one in the room? (Rhetorical question)

Setting aside Gingrich's not-inconsiderable personal baggage, the man is no conservative. Yet, all the media (both sides) appends that adjective to their reporting of "conservative Newt Gingrich" and the amazing "surge" of the smartest guy in the room. He will also be the easiest candidate for the GOP Establishiment and the MSM to utterly destroy when it's time to protect their Romney nominee. Until then, both sides will conspire to keep Gingrich propped up to siphon off the conservative vote.

The fabricated bimbo eruption didn't bury Herman Cain's campaign as effectively as it was hoped. When that failed, the powers that be trotted out the well-oiled, tried and true, Palinization meme that Herman Cain is ignorant. That line of attack has been more effective, at least so far. It remains to be seen if Mr. Cain's campaign can recover from the forces that have combined to destroy him. There can be no mistaking the abject terror both sides have a possible Cain challenge to Romney.

Cain remains "my guy"