I keep hearing how good Herman Cain is at picking good people. If we just compare Obama's campaign people to Cain's, I wouldn't agree with you. Obama had that smarmy Axelrod to make things happen, as well as Plouffe. The people Cain had in place to deal with the allegations (at least initially) and his foreign policy gaffes were not up to the task of dealing with the media and changing the discussion.
Herman Caine has a long history of assembling successful teams to accomplish difficult missions. I would be willing to trust that his team will improve with time and with an increase in support on the national level.
Barack Obama has no history at all of solving problems other than winning two political elections and those seem to have been done on the backs of some expert teams that were assembled by folks who wanted Obama to carry their water.
“The people Cain had in place to deal with the allegations(at least initially) and his foreign policy gaffes were not up to the task of dealing with the media and changing the discussion.”
I absolutely agree, CASchack. He was in trouble out of the gate due to the ineptness of his handlers. I met some of them at a fundraiser in Green Bay...nice, young, good looking “kids” who meant well but didn’t have enough experience.
And how hard is it to get a foreign policy expert to brief Cain and drill him day in and day out while on the campaign trail on his bus?