Cain seems well posititioned for a three-way race between him, Romney, and Christie. In that scenario, even more grassroots conservatives would coalesce around Cain, while Romney and Christie would split the establishment types, right-centrists, and lower-information primary voters (who mostly respond to name recognition).

On the other hand, Cain’s chances go down if it is him, Palin, and Romney (and Christie).     

Thats a devastating ad. And whats worse is that Perry keeps talking about it, he seems obsessed with proving he is right. This reveals an amazing level of political tone deafness. I don’t know what to make of it.

Herman Cain is a jackass with no record. Obama will destroy. Give me Palin any day over a guy with no record.

Talk is cheap and all politicians are full of crap and so is
Herman Cain after seeing him on Leno.We  need a proven conservative in office.
I can’t vote Herman Cain, he has no record of voting on governing.
Herman Cain allowed Jay Leno to lie and twist what you said in
order to score cheap political points.Too bad Cain missed the opportunity
to show himself as an ethical and honorable gentleman.Typical cheap political points.

You need to show the proper respect Jackass.

I’m starting to think you have mental health issues.

Who the hell does Perry think he’s fooling with his de facto amnesty? A massive number of illegals game the welfare system here for tens of thousands per year apiece. From free hospital care for any medical complaint to free electricity. No requirement for drivers licenses or insurance. Getting food stamps and loaning out children to each other in order to boost assistance checks while driving a forty-thousand dollar truck.
The list of scams is manifold.
And for him to suggest that these people who have significant means are due another leg up is fantastical bullshit.

Yeah, he’s doing the “Mario Cuomo Lite” act.  How the heck could he run with all those denials on tape out there?  Besides, if the conservatives were disappointed with Perry (as I said they would be) they really don’t want to know what Christie has been for.

“I’ll see your instate tuition for illegals and raise you support for the Ground Zero mosque.  Vaccine policy?  Ha!  Take this cap-’n'-tax plan of mine!”

He’ll go over like a fat guy in a lead balloon.

One does not think “hard core conservative” when discussing New Jersey Republicans.  Christie is not running because he knows he will end up like his pal Mike Castle. 

I’m a Herman Cain fan, just not a Herman Cain for President fan.  I’m a Palinista, and I wish you would quit talking because you’re giving Palinistas a bad image… or is that what you’re trying to do?  Moby, by chance?

Foreign policy/terror hawks like m’self have had little to get exited about in the wake of Bachmann’s collapse, imo- including Cain, he seems disinterested to me.  

I understand candidates steering around such contentious issues, hoping to corral a growing # of non-interventionist libertarians in the process…. but Iran needs to be put up against the wall, and NOW

IF Cain would pick up John Bolton as VP… that’s the sort of thing that could perk this pugnacious nationalist’s interest in a hurry- just sayin
 

What choice does he have but to talk about it. At this stage he can’t ignore it, because Romney and the others are going to keep attacking him over it. Frankly, I don’t find his position overall indefensible. Where he hurt himself was with the “don’t have a heart” line.

#RockYouLikeAHermanCain

“Because no Mexican ever said anything nice about him!”
Priceless!
Herman Cain for president for lots of other good reasons, too, like actually having an economic plan that’s easy to sell to the people. How easy? During his closing speech at the Florida straw poll, Cain only had to say “9″ once before the entire audience was chanting “9/9/9″!
And THAT is a big reason to elect Herman- he is the one candidate since Reagan who can actually sell his plan to the public.

“Too damn low” for what? Since the goal is to reduce the size of federal government by as close to 100% as possible, I’ve no problem with the hit revenues take. My problem with 9-9-9 is it sounds a little too clever for my taste.

I don’t have any doubt it would lead to a big economic boom, and it would be a lot better than Obama’s plan, and for that matter better than any other plan in recent memory, but it would still necessitate deeper and broader government cuts than I think is realistically possible to hope for. Especially with our debt situation. If it weren’t for that it might work out all right, but that fourteen trillion dollars is not going to go away anytime soon. In fact, its not going away until we pay it off.

And remember, with that economic boom is also going to come more inflation, and that’s another thing that’s going to have to change, this insane insistence on keeping interest rates at artificially low levels of near zero percent. It would be better to allow them to rise naturally but put strict limits on how fast and how high they can rise.

And by the way, while we’re discussing all these government cuts, how about we shut down about two-thirds of our foreign military bases, and let these damn people fend for themselves. That would be a big help. Don’t look now, but if we absolutely have to have overseas bases, thirty of them could probably do the job that roughly ninety are doing now.

As for these agencies, assuming you can’t just fire them outright, they need a new job description. It should be “sit at your damn desk. Don’t move. Don’t call anybody. Don’t e-mail anybody. Bring your lunch. And don’t leave until time to go home. It will be a long day so bring a good book. In short, don’t fuck with anything or anybody.”

If we have to pay these damn people we should at least make them do something useful. Which is nothing at all. It wouldn’t cost the taxpayer a cent more for them to do absolutely nothing than it would for them to spend their time terrorizing the population.

With the deficits we have already, the biggest problem isn’t the hypothetical growth down the road, it’s the red ink now that makes the plan a non-starter. 

Our economic problems aren’t because our tax rates are too high or the laws too complicated (although they are, and in need of reform).  We have a huge surplus of housing (finally down to about six months’ inventory, which approaches normal but doesn’t figure the couple million homes still in some stage of foreclosure, which postpones construction and durable goods orders recovering).  Europe is having their own financial meltdown and China cannot conceal their own problems much longer, which lowers demand for our exports.

So without home construction or exports, WHERE does this “boom” come from?  Certainly not consumer demand, since unemployment will have to stay high if we are to rid ourselves of the dead weight in federal employees.  But the crushing deficits will lead to further credit rating downgrades, higher interest costs, and more pain of our own making.

It’s good to offer specific plans.  It’s even better when those plans stand up to scrutiny.  “999″ is not a serious proposal to anyone with rudimentary math skills or access to a $5 calculator.

I am all for teaching them in grade and high school, immersing them in english only classes, but once they become adults (illegal adults by the way) they can pay their own way though college.  if we have that many spare funds, then send an American Citizen to College on a full scholarship, but not an adult illegal!

We need Bolton at state.

I thought the issue was they were paying the in-state rate of tuition as opposed to the out-of-state rate an American citizen from outside of Texas might pay. If you get a scholarship, it is usually only because your grades are of sufficient quality to warrant it. Granted, some racial quotas over the last three decades have made a mockery of the scholarship system, but if the scholarships are indeed based on scholastic merit and achievement, I don’t have a problem with it. As for the ones that pay in-state rates, so what? If they live in Texas, why should they pay out-of-state rates? A lot of this crap is just a lot of pissing and moaning over nothing.

I’m not so sure after his kow-towing to the Mohammedins.