It’s beginning to appear that Herman Cain is more than the flavor of the week. Lacking both the money and the organization of either Romney or Perry, he seems to be taking over the heart of the Republican Party.
I have a theory that Cain may just be the unintended creation of Barack Obama. I have argued before that the Tea Party was the unintended creation of the MSM. Obama proved that the American people will elect a black man. His destructive policies once in office resulted in the creation of the Tea Party, a genuine grass-roots movement of everyday Americans who saw their country being bankrupted and transformed into a society at war with itself.
As the Republicans began vetting people who would offer an alternative to Obama, the Republican Establishment offered up Romney, a good enough politician, handsome and wealthy, but with some serious baggage consisting of past political positions. People examined Michele Bachman as the anti-Romney, the Christian conservative; and she was a contender. Until Rick Perry came along, another handsome political figure from Texas, a state that works. Unfortunately, Perry has proven to be somewhat tongue tied in debates. Could Obama make him look inept? That’s a big concern.
So finally we’re looking at Herman Cain whose credentials are only now being exhibited and they are impressive indeed. The question of whether the nation is ready for a black president has already been answered. Cain’s educated, successful, and comfortable in his own skin, good in debate with the ability to inspire people who would not be expected to be his natural constituency. He's leading both Republican opponents as well a Barack Obama in the Zogby poll. The interesting thing is that Herman Cain does not have a “natural” constituency identified by race, ethnicity, religion or region. He is conservative without being strident, I have no idea of his religion although I’m confident that he is a Christian, and the fact that he is black does not seem to inform his politics. If we were to cast a movie of his life, the role would be a natural for the wise father, a Bill Cosby, say.
Barack Obama fooled a lot of white liberals and moderates by claiming to be the first post-racial president. Having seen his pastor of 20 years, Jeremiah Wright, those of us in the Conservative bleachers were not fooled. Herman Cain could very well be the real deal.
Writing as a Georgian and a former civil rights fighter, it’s hard for me to remain purely objective when it comes to Herman Cain’s candidacy. My heart swells every time I hear him speak. There are days when I practically get weak-kneed just imagining a debate between him and Barack Obama. I’ve got a deep-down feeling that Obama would leave that debate stage feeling as though he had just had a very painful woodshed experience with a mature father wielding a rhetorical paddle.
That’s just me, of course. But from the looks of the way this is going, a whole lot of American voters are sensing the same thing – or something very close to it.
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