other than Cain himself, is Christie the only GOP threat to Cain?

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

Cain isn't going to win the nomination. If it came down to a battle between Cain and Romney, I think too many people might really like Cain but would think winning the nomination (and especially the General) would be too unrealistic. They'd end up going with Romney.

admittedly, I haven't watched the debates, so I don't really know how Cain is performing under the lights....but, if Cain (who at least has a plan) out debates Romney (who is halfway slick but never really says anything), I think Cain would trounce Romney.

Romney's only path to the nomination is by default: 1) every conservative GOP candidate disqualifies him/herself (which all have, with the current exception of Cain), 2) no one else enters the race...

This is spot on! Except I would say that Newt hasn't disqualified himself yet!

Newt hasn't disqualified himself through anything that he's done in his actual campaign, but there are still things about Newt that make him (or should make him IMO) a hard sell.

[Okay, maybe Mike Johnson is a competent parliamentarian.]

A few weeks ago people were declaring Perry to have a lock on the nomination. Get a grip, people. With a Republican primary electorate this promiscuous, they'll have moved on from their brief affair with Herman Cain onto a new conquest within a week or two.

we're not trying to be promiscuous, it's just that the past ones were no good.

jmfcst, that's what a lot of sluts say.