[tioga]

The whole field of GOP contenders are flailing around. Perry was a huge disappointment. Many I liked didn’t run. Then there were the majority who just lit no fires anywhere near enough to get the nomination. Cain was dragged behind the liberal MSM limos and destroyed. In the end, it’s “anybody but Obama” for me. Newt fits the bill. (shudder) Jim is right. Once upon a time he led a conservative revolution in DC....he could do it again.

[Sudetenland]

Cain self-immolated. You cannot blame the press for doing what the press has always done. For me, however, it was never the peccadillos--fact or fiction--it was always his lack of any working knowledge of our government and his complete unpreparedness for questions on foreign policy

It was clear from the first questions, that he was totally unprepared on FP. He admitted as much at the end of his December interview with Niel Cavutto where he said he was learning what he needed to know--most people here at FR easily could have done a better job of answering the questions than Cain.

My suspicion is that Cain entered the race as a sort of lark to promote his book with no expectation of it going anywhere and woke up one morning smack dab in the middle of the contest with growing poll numbers. I don't think he took it seriously until then.