I will offer that if you are in Kandahar, you have a rather self-selected group of people, either military or military contractors. I don’t think you can ever be overly liberal and choose to be in the military, so I think those minds are more easily changed. :)
Besides...we all know military votes don't count (or is that "aren't counted").
But I think that it could go either way, and Mr. Cain is a forceful enough straight-shooter that he might be able to pull it off, even though I think for many, party will trump race.
Not really, money is money.