I support Herman Cain's bid for the Republican nomination as much as anyone but it's not going to work out in the end and here's why:
1. Mainstream Media plans to ignore him as much as possible.
MSM doesn't seem interested in abandoning the Romney v. Perry story-line as pathetic a candidate as Perry has proven himself to be. They might have dropped it for Christie but not for Cain. I feel like a lot of the white knights at the major networks/periodicals/etc. feel like it's their duty to protect people from a candidate who's "not serious". In Cain's case, he's not taken seriously because he's ultra-right-wing and (more importantly) because he has zero experience as an elected government official. Oh yeah, and he's completely clueless on foreign affairs. Completely.
2. He doesn't have the money or organization to compete with Romney.
Seriously, he doesn't. Romney will be able to murder this guy over the airwaves if he has to (I'm sure he'd rather not go there obviously). Perry has big bucks too but I'm not sure if it matters as much in that case.
3. He's a black.
This might be the most important or the least important reason why he'll probably fail. I have a hard time believing his race will be of much help, especially in those all important southern Republican primaries. Maybe I'm wrong about this one but I doubt it. Prove me wrong, Republicans!
I hope I'm wrong but I'm not. And yes, I'm very bored right now.
You have it right. Most significantly, though, Herman Cain has no experience in government either as an elected official or as a high-ranking war hero. The business of which he is a CEO is the sort that few people want their kids to become long-term employees -- contrast EDS when Ross Perot owned it. Who wants fast-food norms of compensation and opportunity as the norm for young adults? Isn't that why smart kids see fast food as an employer of last resort --- something to work at only to keep the volume of student loans (and later serfdom) down?
Herman Cain has fewer ideas than Ross Perot had... except for ideas that nobody else in the Hard Right doesn't have. He is a complete naif on diplomacy, military affairs, and government budgeting. Sure, he would be all for budgetary reform, but what the heck? So was Jimmy carter, and look what he achieved with is efforts.
Herman Cain takes the race card away from the GOP. America is still majority-white, and they will have to address issues more than cultural values.
