What if Herman Cain wasn't hit by a scandal and won the 2012 Republican nomination?

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

I imagine he'd do very poorly in the Midwest due to his 9-9-9 tax plan being hated by populists.

[Fuzzy Bear]

He may have won.  He would have proven more likable than Romney.

[Blow by blow, the passion dies]

9-9-9 could have been unpopular though

[TheElectoralBoobyPrize]

When he lost, maybe Republicans would've thought twice about nominating a businessman with no political experience.

[NewYorkExpress]

Republicans, who by this point hated Obama, certainly weren't going to vote for another black man (though they might have made an exception for someone like Tim Scott, but that isn't certain), and that isn't even getting into the fact that Cain's sexual assaults wouldn't disappear. If they didn't come out in the primary, the Obama campaign would bring them up in the general election.

[One Term Floridian]

Republicans, who by this point hated Obama, certainly weren't going to vote for another black man (though they might have made an exception for someone like Tim Scott, but that isn't certain), and that isn't even getting into the fact that Cain's sexual assaults wouldn't disappear. If they didn't come out in the primary, the Obama campaign would bring them up in the general election.

GA is plausible. Hell even MO is reaching for the skies at this point, but SC & TX are highly, highly unlikely to ever vote for Obama. He'd sooner win back IN or flip AZ.