You know why people like Cain?
Because he is funny, engaging, easy to understand, and talks like a normal person. No political-ese.
I always remember our friend Common Tator’s maxim: THE MOST LIKABLE CANDIDATE WINS.
Based on that, in order of likability we have Cain, Perry, Newt (based on debate performance only), Romney, Santorum and Bachman.
This has nothing to do with who is smartest, most conservative, etc. Purely on television appearance likability.
Obama won because the GOP managed to find the ONE candidate who was less appealing than Obama. Bush beat Gore based on the likability quotient. Bush beat Kerry for the same reason.
If Cain can get enough money, he will win based on this. He also will not get to debate with Obama until very late, one debate, much like Carter and Reagan. (There is no law requiring Obama to debate at all.)
This is how I see the race right now. Things can change, or course. I also think Perry could pull this out, and we might end up with a Perry/Cain ticket.
I liked Cain at first but the more I hear him talk about details of his plans, the less I like him.
That would be a decent ticket... Perry/Cain. We’d have a good president and Cain could learn something about government.
However, Cain has stated that he would not be Perry’s veep.
I always remember our friend Common Tator’s maxim: THE MOST LIKABLE CANDIDATE WINS. ... This has nothing to do with who is smartest, most conservative, etc. Purely on television appearance likability. Obama won because the GOP managed to find the ONE candidate who was less appealing than Obama. Bush beat Gore based on the likability quotient. Bush beat Kerry for the same reason.
And Bush vs Dukakis, Reagan vs Modale and Carter, Carter vs Ford, Nixon vs McGovern and Humphrey, Johnson vs Goldwater, and Kennedy vs Nixon.
I had to laugh, envisioning a Cain vs teleprompter debate.