You can obsess all you want over inert issues, but in reality, this race has only just begun. It is far from over and you will find that out the hard way, that Perry is not as damaged as you had hoped.
In the end, it will wind up being the candidate who has the most political experience and ability to fix the mess Obama created. Which is why Cain stands little chance of convincing the general voting public that he has the experience necessary to do the job.
Thank God that we have the Internet and other ways of getting the news than depending on the main stream media.
However, we get a litte insulated on forums like this and need to remember that the MSM is still a huge force to the general public.
Although some may think this has become the standard criticism, the fact remains that Cain has not handled this well and his current testiness with the press will not go down well because his previous incarnation as the jovial, affable grandpa type will suffer.
I don’t know how much this will eventually hurt him, no one does.
My big fear is, if it does take Cain out, what’s left?
We have two guys running who couldn’t get elected Senator; a sweet woman who’s pretty well self destructed and the one person I think Obama might actually beat because conservatives don’t like him—Romney.
We also have a great candidate, an 11 year veteran as governor of a huge state where he’s been a big success, but people here have decided to demonize him over false issues.
We may well end up with Romney. I just hate that. Obama is horrible ... he needs tobe gone.
It wasn’t a slam against Perry... I was just comparing the fortunes of the two. When the guns of criticism turned against him, his drop came fairly quickly. Cain has been getting heat on various fronts for nearly a couple weeks now, and hasn’t taken a notable dip in polls.
That was my point.