It makes mine look sorta’ lame.

But I was first…Ha Ha!

Herman Cain day. I love it

that I hoped would run so this makes my day.

I couldn’t agree more that Cain can take his ‘lack of governing experience’ and turn it into a positive. The public is tired of career politicians (and this includes those much sought after independents) and if there ever was a cycle when a “how are those politicians working out for you’ message to resonate, this is the cycle. For those conservatives for whom that might be a reservation, I would simply remind you that we’ve been electing ‘experience’ on our side for years. So, what’s that called again when you do the same thing over and over again and keep thinking you’ll get different results?

Two other things draw me to Cain. First, as much as I abhor identity politics, we all know that as sure as God made little green apples, any criticism of Obama from our candidate will be cloaked by the MFM in the guise of racism. Kinda hard to do w/Herman. They may call him an Uncle Tom but that’s just not gonna sell with Indies and mods.

Second, and this is the one that *really* jazzes me, Herman gets the whole ‘succession’ thing. One of the biggest problems w/the conservative movement is that we’re not real good at thinking long term. We tend to thing cycle to cycle while the Left has been plotting for DECADES to get us where we are today.

One of the greatest comments I’ve ever heard Herman Cain make was when he said one of his proudest achievements wasn’t turning Godfathers around; it was training and installing the management team that came after him and who continue to operate Godfathers profitably. We need to have someone who sees the long term and knows how to set up successors to guide this ship of conservatism after he leaves the helm

I am one happy camper right now.

he can turn the no experience into a strenght is going to either make or break him. I think like you mentioned it can be a strenght, but can he make that case and sell it to the public.

He sounds like the right person at the right time. I just knew he had to be out there somewhere! (I, personally, LOVE his successful private sector career)

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the second time, now that he has taken the plunge. Great write-up–looking foward to more Herman.

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in a flood of tears and Nancy Pelosi will melt into a puddle on the castle floor when they see this freight train coming. Obama will escape to Hawaii and spend the rest of his life re-reading Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals, trying to understand what he missed.

Imagine a campaign in which the opposition cannot call us racists or bigots.

In the words of Jerry Clower, Herman Cain “doesn’t just shell down the corn, he shucks it right off the cob.”

Wow.

Maybe I can alter those leftover McCain-Palin 2008 bumper stickers…

as long as Palin is undecided on running. All the tea-party energy and excitement will be in a holding pattern until she announces her decision (probably won’t run IMHO).

Even if Palin doesn’t endorse him, if she declares she is not running by April/May then the tea party and conservative activists will have enough time to look for somebody else. Of the people likely to run, Cain has a really good chance at getting some support.

I was and still am a Romney guy but Cain seems like he brings all of Romney’s positives and none of his negatives. I will be watching closely.

If he runs, I will vote for him. In my opinion there is no other candidate out there that I would consider a better choice.

It looks like he’ll get some interest in the primary, but will he end up splitting the conservative vote and allow a moderate to get in again? Remains to be seen.

I’ve already made my feelings clear about Cain running so there’s no need to repeat them here.

is actually a PLUS in my opinion. I’m SICK AND TIRED of these professional politicians who don’t give a darn about anything but furthering their careers.
We need someone with a deep understanding of what it takes to turn something around because this country needs lots of help right now and I think someone with his presence and experience in the business world would be great!!

At this point and time I would support him above all others who will probably end up running.

By far.

what with the slobbering love affair going on for the biggest leftist this Country has ever known going on in the Media Wing of the Democrat Party. Herman Cain has my money and my time

So I’d rather not have Palin (don’t get me wrong, I’d vote for her if she’s the nominee) or Huckabee or Romney or Pawlenty. I’d be for Pence and Barbour, maybe Daniels too. Herman’s last 15 years remind me a lot of what Reagan did in his time between governor and 1980, and instead of that prior political experience, Mr. Cain got his executive in the private sector. I’ll take it.

Palin won’t be on the ticket with him either. He’s going to need someone with either political or military experience (time to bring back “gravitas” montage Rush!) or both for his Veep pick. My ideal? Petraeus

Cain/Petraeus 2012!

We have a guy who has run for statewide office exactly once and lost in the GOP primary. Wheeee.

Cain seems impressive but not ready for prime time yet.

He may just be an answer to prayer.

Well then maybe he should run to raise his national profile. But I still don’t think he can go from virtual unknown to winner of the GOP primary that fast. There are just too many other more experienced people the Tea Party could support – Pence, Palin, or Bachmann to name a few. And experience does matter, as we learned with Dan Maes in the governor’s race in Colorado. If he couldn’t win the senate primary in his own state, how is he going to win the whole nation? Not trying to be mean, but the whole thing just seems to be a bit of a stretch for me, even with an anti-establishment headwind.

Look ! I try to be as color blind as the next guy . It’s right and not all that hard to do . That said , there is something that smells a little fishy about this SECOND attempt to find the right black guy for a President …..one who can capture…what…that 10% of the so-called color-blind voters who refuse to vote for anything else ? It seems like we still haven’t gotten past the need to elect a black man just so we can demonstrate to the rest of the world how cool we are . For goodness sakes , 90% of us are NOT black . Surely there must be some equally capable candidates who look like the majority of the constituency ? This guy would have been great if he were the FIRST and honestly discovered . Cain has to be aware of this unique chance to save the black ideal , and that is a little bit cynical . That’s not the very best of ways to come to the candidacy .

I would just love to see Herman debate Barry. Cain would tear this guy up in a heartbeat!!! I for one hope that Herman runs.

We have known Mr. Cain for years now. His message has stayed the same, with even greater clarity over the years. During Black History Month 2010, students were asked to write a report about a prominent black American. Teachers handed out recommended subjects: President Obama, Michael Jackon, Rev. Jackson, Rev. Al Sharpton, etc. A young student asked us who would we do a report on. We recommended Herman Cain. This student did his report on Herman Cain, provided much background and quotations and a photograph. The teacher was appalled and indicated she would lower the possible marks because the subject was not acceptable. A few telephone calls to the principal of the school eliminated this overt prejudice. The report this boy did not Herman Cain was the only report on a conservative received at the school. This year the boy said he will do another report on Herman Cain. We rejoice! We look forward to Mr. Cain’s campaign. It should be very interesting.

“He was not so much a cancer survivor as he was a cancer defeater.”

At this time he is not a “cancer survivor” at all. As a generalization, we are not described as “survivor” until we have been cancer free for 5 years. It obviously is nothing short of near miracle that he has come this far from a Stage 4 diagnosis. Mr. Cain has progressed in his check up schedule from every 6 months to once a year, After 5 years he will not require yearly checkups, but he has not reached that state yet. I do sincerely hope he does reach that stage in his recovery.

Was it Carly Fiorina who said she wouldn’t trust McCain et. al to run a business? Successful business experience has to count for something.

We all know what the definition of insanity is… Let’s not keep doing the same thing over and over and expecting diff. results.

has to say, but I have reservations as to whether or not he can overcome his lack of experience. Does anyone know of any President who has been elected without holding office? It would be interesting to find out.

He may have an avenue to be successful via the disgust that most American have for politics as usual, but that remains to be seen. Personally, I would like to see him hold office, whether local or national before running for President.

But I definitely like him in the mix, if anything he will force the candidates on our side to be more substantive.

has to say, but I have reservations as to whether or not he can overcome his lack of experience. Does anyone know of any President who has been elected without holding office? It would be interesting to find out.

He may have an avenue to be successful via the disgust that most American have for politics as usual, but that remains to be seen. Personally, I would like to see him hold office, whether local or national before running for President.

But I definitely like him in the mix, if anything he will force the candidates on our side to be more substantive.

When I read the list of our Republican “candidates” on HuffPo or Politico or other sites. They don’t even talk about Herman. It’s going to be easy on him in the beginning because they’re not spending any time trying to destroy him. Ha ha. Will be interesting when they’re caught with egg on their face because no one wants Romney.