“Cain’s comments were — at best – premature — and at worst, highly irresponsible. It was a cheap shot, and, perhaps is a signal that Cain is willing to play the race card against a fellow Republican when it benefits him.”
I’m not sure he was “playing the race card.” What he was trying to do do was get to Perry. What bothers me more, since I was beginning to take Cain a bit seriously, is that it shows that he doesn’t have his political sea legs, to mix a metaphor. One, never take a Washington Post hit piece seriously until it’s been digested for a couple of days by the various comments from serious people. Most WaPo hit pieces seem vastly overblown, if not outright false. Two, serious politicians don’t take cheap shots very often. (OK, that leaves Obama out.) That’s what you have staff for!
I’ve heard Cain on a few shows and I like a lot of what I hear and some leaves me on edge. Politics is a real business, and just because you manage a serious company doesn’t mean you could manage the Packers or handle the press in a presidential campaign. I figured that Cain would learn quickly some sense of proportion about politics. He has a lot more to learn before I believe he would be effective.
Not to pick nits here, but you quoted someone else, and attributed the quote to me. Just to keep things straight.