[HereInTheHeartland]

“The GOP should be circling the wagons around Cain rather than forming a circular firing squad.”

Even if it gets confirmed that did have a 13 year affair with this woman?
Is he still the one?

[SorbetCon]

I don't believe he ever could have been the one.

Cain's personal affairs just distract from his real inability to deliver on policy. People derided Obama for being inexperienced as a less than two year senator. Claimed Palin had the leg up on him thanks to her (abbreviated) governorship. Now Cain comes bumbling along to go up against people with actual experience and he exists so far outside the establishment he can't recall his own policy. And people look at that like a positive!

He doesn't seem to have a strong enough metal model of his own policy. When he gets a question that he did not get specific coaching for he cannot synthesize an coherent answer because his mental model doesn't function well enough. Successful politicians have (what they believe) is a correct world view. Answers go in as inputs; coherent response come out. Just watch Cain's answer on abortion (both should be banned, and it isn't the governments business), on Libya (Hm, well he'd talk to his advisors and have a better handle on the situation). His 9-9-9 plan suddenly has extra exemptions (Zoning proposal).

Three successful governors throw their hats in the ring. Perry blew his own campaign (Oops) and the Mormons draw the ire of Christians who would rather support an adulterer than someone from a different sect, which blows my mind. Of course Romney has his own issues with liberal stances. Huntsman I supported, but he seems to have flamed out completely. I think he lacks the drive.

The Republican primary boiled down to:

• Two or three candidates on book tours
  • Bachmann who doesn't plan on hiring staff
  • Cain who will be selling books all week
  • Palin if you count her non-commital months
• Newt who just wants to stay relevant for the consulting gigs
• Rick "Anyone in the audience could have guessed my own answer to this policy question" Perry
• Ron "Half the stuff I say makes sense, other half... don't bother voting for me.
• Romney has so many issues with consistency why bother even playing.
• Hunstmans who decided to stop getting out of bed.

Christi didn't want to have to try to out crazy some of these people (Electric fences to kill border crossers? haha I thought it was a joke, until he immediately repeated it). Betting on a horse early and then committing whole heartedly to them I think turned off anyone suitable from signing up. Even here you can see people who fall in love with someone like Palin or Cain and think they will be the second coming of Reagan.

2016 hopefully will be more reasonable.

[Sir_Ed]

I will never vote for someone who cheats on his wife. If he’s willing to btray someone like that, willing to violate an oath, to me...that says he has no principles and can’t be trusted.

Reading his lawyer’s weasel words, it’s pretty clear he DID cheat on his wife, hence...I will not vote for him, as I won’t vote for Gingrich.

Ed