You aren’t the only one who has had this suspicion, though you probably did come out before everyone else. Cain did well in the straw poll because there is no where else for conservative/tea party voters to go. However, I really doubt he can make it to the nomination. I have no doubts about his passion, integrity, or vision for America. I do doubt his political acumen and experience, however. Can he get his 9-9-9 passed (for example), and it should it get passed? Can he fulfill the other planks on his agenda, if he were elected? These are big question marks. 

Cain also needs to decisively address questions about his understanding – or the lack thereof – about basic Liberty (1st and 2nd Amendment issues).

I think this goes back to his inexperience. While one shouldn’t have to be a professional politician to become president, someone at least interested in politics beyond how it intersects with business would be good.

His answer to the Dream Act question will go down in history as one of the greatest blunders in electoral history. He’s finished. You cannot call your potential base heartless bigots and walk away unscathed.

I want Perry to stick it out for one reason:  To make sure Romney doesn’t.

The problem with the Texas Dream Act is that it treats illegals better than Americans from neighboring states.

American citizens from neighboring states (analogous to Mexico neighboring Texas) must pay the full tuition, whereas illegals get the special in-state tuition rate? In effect, Americans required to pay the full tuition are subsidizing the tuition of illegals.

Where is your heart, Gov. Perry?

I was really disappointed that he brought up that young lady who died of cervical cancer as being the instigation for pushing the vaccine, only to find out that they hadn’t met until after the Texas Legislature turned back is executive order.

Disgraceful.

Are we going to be that thin-skinned? He bungled an answer. I don’t think it was an Obama-esque “I’m bettah than you are” kind of thing. I’m willing to give him a chance to make it right with his conservative compatriots.

The yowling about Perry’s answer is interesting, because not very many conservatives seem to understand what he was doing and how he was positioning himself.

Yes, there are at present more Know-Nothing Republican primary voters than there are pro-American-tradition-and-freedom-on-immigration Republican primary voters.

But with that answer, Perry positioned himself as owner of the plurality who still support the evil liberal immigration policies of those evil liberals, Reagan and Bush, while all the other candidates are stuck splitting the Know-Nothing majority.

He’s trying to be Ronald Reagan by himself. The others are trying to be Bob Dole as a group.

Except that Reagan didn’t support anything like what you claim he did, Copperhead liar. His “86 amnesty” was a failure on his part to “trust but verify” when dealing with Copperheads who are fundamentally untrustworthy. What he thought he was agreeing to was sealing the border combined with the amnesty. If he’d actually gotten that, it would have worked. Unfortunately, he was dealing with Copperheads (and RINOs), so they gave us the amnesty and promptly reneged on the security.

Well you would be wrong. Reagan agreed to the Amnesty proposal during his term with the stated caveat that the border would be secured, meaning that illegal infiltration by undocumented Mexican immigrants would be, at the very least, slowed to a crawl. Democrats of course didn’t bother to keep their side of the bargain, so we have now at least fourteen million illegal Mexican immigrants, many of whom are criminals, many of them violent, including organized gang members. No Republican who wants to be taken seriously be the Republican base is going to even hint at immigration reform without first securing the border. That is where Reagan made his mistake and is exactly what has got us into the chaotic mess we’re in now.

Anybody that wants to promote an instant replay of that scenario deserves the RINO appellation and should be roundly rejected at the polls. And as we have seen lately with Perry’s latest troubles, they will be. And bear in mind, Perry is nowhere close to being even among the worst offenders, in my opinion. As such, he might weather the storm. But he is most definitely going to have to, let us say, “clarify” his position.

It worked for McCain.

This is a penny-ante position that reeks of jealousy.  There is enough wealth in this country to provide full college tuition to any public university for whomever wanted it at any time in their lives.  Such an investment would easily yield x10 over a generation.

Something about, I dunno, teaching how to fish…

Say, while you are basking in the glow of your crystal ball, why not take a bow on something else from the same general time frame – remember advising your readers to buy gold @ $1925/oz?  $1657 at Friday’s close in New York, I’m sure all those who took your advice would like to send thanks.

Disappointing.

Wow! You really believe that bullshit don’t you?

So what do you have against securing the border? What is so hard-boiled or radical about people who want their country’s borders secured? I just don’t get it. If you’re a Democrat, then I guess I can understand, seeing as how they tend to vote Democrat by a margin of at least two-to-one. Well, sorry, but that’s hardly an incentive for me to support it, nor is your scare tactics about losing the election going to change my position.

Reagan’s actions in this regard was the biggest mistake of his presidency. Why in the hell should we repeat it?

As for Obama, if he’s so great with illegal immigration issues why is he suing Arizona for trying to step up? For that matter, if he’s doing so great, why in the hell does Arizona feel they need to do that?

Pure Leftist pablum born out of a belief that it is okay to confiscate wealth and redistribute it.