[Windflier]

So a real, 100% black man, descended from slaves, a Christian and successful businessman can’t beat a proto-Muslim, half African disgrace to his office?

I think Herman can beat Obama, but he won't pull the sort of support from black voters that he thinks he will. Maybe I'm just cynical because I used to be a black Democrat, but I just don't see him doing it.

Being a conservative Republican is a deal-breaker that trumps race for most black voters. It's going to take more than the election of a right-wing black president to shift a significant portion of blacks out of the slave party.

[Nevadan]

I agree. Herman Cain would pull a small but hopefully significant percentage of votes from Obama. But it is naive to believe that he would be able to get more than that. It is not just that Obama is black. It is his party affiliation. I seriously can not think of anything that Obama could do or say that would significantly reduce Obama’s support among black voters. Nothing he has done or said thus far has made more than a tiny dent.

[antceecee]

I think there are conservative, Christian black voters who will vote for him in the privacy of the voting booth.... but will tell their lib friends and family members they voted for Obama. That is what the Dems fear.