Posted on 10/16/2011 2:06:44 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
While I am leaning toward Cain, I must keep in mind that the real power in DC is not in the office, but the staff, and there is an army of professional staffers there who keep the status quo going, term in and term out.
It isn't the candidates who will ultimately wield so much power as the little kingmakers behind the scenes who will have undue influence over any person in office who is not steadfast enough to resist. Poor staff leads to poor performance at any level.
Beltway Fever isn't just passed around the cloakroom, it is endemic, and the underlings are the carriers.
The RINOs are settled in and appear to be perfectly comfortable with this, many new faces succumb fairly quickly, but for a Conservative to be successful, they are going to have to be a quick study if they have no experience, a strong person to resist 'infection', and have a clear plan they can implement without being so rigid they fail according to their plan if it isn't working.
They also can't be afraid to fire someone if it is necessary.
While I think Cain has that, I can understand the 'once burned, twice shy' attitude, too.
It is still a long way to election day.
His lack of looking at issues as being of color, but instead just as issues, has been to his credit.
It is a certain thing that were Cain to wave the card we've seen from Obama and his ilk, a lot of us would lose respect for someone who appears to have risen through the ranks on merit, colorblind merit, the kind that would have you pick their resume out of the pile and say "I want to talk to this guy."
I own a small business, and hiring practices can break you--or make you. One bad employee can wreck you when you're small, and the bigger it gets, the more that person can damage if they are higher up the ladder.
We aren't the consumers, clients, or subjects of Government, we're the employers.
We're looking for a CEO who will fill the management positions with people who can turn this Nation around, put it back on track, clean up the fiscal end, and have it functioning again under the rules which were adopted when it was formed, as amended--or push for the amendment of those rules to make it work better, more in step with the original idea.
We don't need someone who has divisive issues, and in all honesty, I don't think Herman Cain does--and I've been watching for signs, too.
I think we've had enough of the one-sided 'rule of law' going around under the present management, and it needs to go, not just have a second round.
Now, I recall the days when it was just as scandalous for a white boy to drink from the 'colored' water fountain as vice versa. When we were kids, all we knew is that we were thirsty.
If we're going to be a colorblind society, and while I think many good people have made progress, accepting the acceptable differences and focusing on the similarities (we all want better for ourselves and our children, and we just want a chance to show what we can do), we're especially going to be sensitive to the sort of crap this administration has made policy. Even one twinkle of that broken glass will have people having second thoughts about wading in that pool.
So far, Cain has avoided the issue, focusing on problems and attempting to postulate solutions.
I like that far better than others who generally either ignore problems, or create them.
They were so afraid of Sarah Palin that they scuttled their own campaign by 'leaking' things like wardrobe costs, etc. to the rabid MSM, who don't even squeak about Moochelle's largesse (and the wrappings, except to 'praise' her 'fashion sense').
All anyone needs to do is look at the economies of states which embrace oil and gas exploration versus those who do not. North Dakota, Montana, Pennsylvania, Texas, with heavy spinoffs to Texas, Oklahoma, and Louisiana (oilfield tool amnufacturing, rigs, drilling companies, and a lot of home offices), and it is evident where a lot of jobs are coming from, and that those paychecks support yet more jobs.
It's a no-brainer, and it keeps more American money in America with every barrel of oil and MCF of gas.
That the EPA is a job wrecker, along with other environut dominated agencies is pretty easy to figure out, too.
We should be able to find this in all the candidates, even if we don't. Something has to get the economy going, short of another world war, and the energy sector is a great place to start.
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