Why the Cain Train will (sadly) be derailed eventually.

[Keystone Phil]

The powers that be will end him if he becomes a serious threat. This isn't like Obama vs. Hillary where the anti establishment Obama was more difficult to take down.The party powers might not like Romney but they'll realize that Cain, to put it mildly, isn't the ideal General election candidate. We're pretty much stuck with Romney now (unless Perry can do some near magical reversal) whether we like it or not. Then again, it's still quite awhile until Iowa so maybe a Perry comeback isn't as impossible as it seems.

[Keystone Phil]

The powers that be will end him if he becomes a serious threat.

what are they going to do, stuff the ballot boxes, reprogram the voting machines, burn a cross in his front yard?

There's other pressure that can be put on Republican leaders/donors across the country that would ensure that Cain doesn't win.

[Keystone Phil]

The powers that be will end him if he becomes a serious threat.

what are they going to do, stuff the ballot boxes, reprogram the voting machines, burn a cross in his front yard?

There's other pressure that can be put on Republican leaders/donors across the country that would ensure that Cain doesn't win.

yeah, that strategy really worked during the 2010 Senate primaries - nothing compares to the power of the ballot box.  The Carl Rove's of the world can't stop Herman Cain, only Herman Cain can do that.

Ok, dude, this isn't the Delaware or Colorado or whatever other state Senate primary. We're talking a much larger scale.

Of course it comes down to the power of the ballot box but you have to think about what influences voters before and how they get there. Money and organization influences decision making.