Cain wins Florida!

 I guess I'll reply to myself. I wonder if the silence is a reflection of a belief that he could not win, and now that
he has won something people do not know what to make of it. I wonder if many conservatives believed that even tho they like Cain and they were willing to support him that not many other conservatives would. And liberals believe that conservatives will not support a black man but now have and are too confused to really comment.

Sunday AM, everyone is out training or racing CB. Love this guy, but I don't really care for one part of his 9-9-9 plan. The 9% national sales tax bothers me quite a bit. It reminds me of the VAT in Europe which really made the cost of things go up when visiting there. Call it 9-9-2.5 and I can live with it. I don't think he would have a chance to make such sweeping reform to the tax code anyway, so it's probably a moot point. Even if the Senate went Rep. I think there are too many Republicans that are to blame for the spending problem we're in and won't really want to fix the problem. McConnell and Boehner are two of them IMO. I like Cain, and he's top 3 for me right now, with the top three all dead even.

  You mentiioned the race issue. It would really be interesting to see two black men in the general elelction for POTUS. Honestly, I think the edge might go to Obama. I know there are people who won't vote for a black man and bless their pointy heads, I know some of them. Faced with no other option, I would really be curious to see what they would do.

 In order to avoid the "bless their pointy heads" comment confusion, it WAS NOT an endearing term.

I agree.  I think that could be the closest we could get to taking race out of the equation and forcing people to vote based on the actual issues and the candidates stances on those issues. 

I like Herman Cain.  I like that he's different than your lifetime Washington politician.

 Sure if they drop prices to reflect the lower tax. Not sure I can rely on that. I'd like to see exactly how it would affect my bottom line before getting behind it  100 percent.

 Yes, the media is ecstatic about the Cain win. They see perceive him as a weaker candidate than Perry and are tooting his horn for all it's worth. Count on them to push the candidate they feel that has the best chance of losing to BHO.

It was a suprise, but i see it as more of a mini-protest over Perry's issue with in-state tuition for illegals and a general non-toe tingling appeal of Romney.   Never holding public office has more pros than cons in my book, but as our next President, I would like a bit more depth in his bio.   I know he grew a successful business, but that does not qualifty one for President.   We made a big mistake underestimating experience in last election, please let's not make the same mistake again.  Now give me Perry's conservative values and straight talk with Romney's financial experience and Cain's common sense approach and we have my ideal candidate.    

Now I think Cain would make one heck of a running mate for whoever wins the Primary.  That would be a very interesting ticket.   

I wonder what people who claim the Tea Party (and the right in general) are racist have to say about this.

... looking at you Morgan Freeman...

 I'm crossing my fingers and hoping that Marco Rubio gets the VP nod. I think he could push any of the candidates over the top. I would also hope that doing so would not be a dead end for this remarkable young man.

Cain leads in new poll Wow!