In other words, is Cain the sparkly object meant to distract us into allowing Romney to take the nomination with a consistent 30% of the RINO "let's just elect somebody the establishment thinks can win" vote in the early primaries? I believe this is how we got such other great candidates as Bob Dole and John McCain.
Has Cain explained why he would not consider the VP slot for Perry? Is it because of the rock with the racial slur that had been painted over by Gov Perry 20 years ago?
“The one thing that really concerns me about Mr. Cain is his past support of Romney and the possibility he is (or at least was in the early part of this year) a stalking horse intended to split the anti-Romney vote. Now he’s talking about being happy to take the #2 spot on anybody’s ticket (including Romney, I’d presume) but Perry. “
A fair concern...although I give anyone a pass who supported Romney in 2008, given what the choices were. His more current semi-support of him can worry people.
However, if Cain can hold his polling numbers, and then picks up support going to other conservatives, he’ll get to that 51% mark and he won’t have to settle for being someone’s VP. In other words, in a two-man race between Cain and Romney, Romney loses. So at this point, we need to start clearing the field for him.