I don't get the argument that nobody knows him. Before Palin was picked I knew zero about her. If she came up and kissed me on the street I would not have known her. I know much more about Cain, at this point.
The media have not figured out how they're going to attack him, yet. But once the do, his will be a household name.
Palin = years of executive experience. Cain = nada.
What amazes me on FR is all the talk about how out of touch the MSM is and how out of touch the GOP elites are and then BAM: along comes Cain and many Freepers sit there and repeat the same thing the MSM and the elites think about an outsider candidacy and they think they are being deep thinking political analysts...kind of ironic.
Palin went from 2% name ID to 95% in less than 24 hours, as you said.