I am a dyed in the wool populist liberal Democrat, so please don't think this is an endorsement of Herman Cain, but I'm just saying, I am the only person I know on the Left or Right who correctly analyzed Cain's base and predicted that he would not lose all of his support and drop out of the race because of the scandal he is facing.
So far I'm right, the new CBS poll out this morning still has Cain in first place nationally at 18% over Romney and Gingrich at 15%. Cain did lose 7% since the last CBS poll on 10-25-11, but Romney also dropped 6% since that poll, Gingrich picked up 5%.
In the last debate Perry's flubs got more attention than Cain's defense of himself against the sex-abuse charges and let's face it, the Penn State case involving child rape has really taken a lot of the spotlight too. If Gingrich continues to rise in the polls, there is plenty of dirty laundry about him that will come out.
This is still looking like a Republican primary field designed to re-elect President Obama. Yay!
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That's because, to the Cain base, women aren't people. They're broodmares who should quit being so sensitive. To them, his victims should feel honored to recieve the attention of such a wealthy, prized alpha. That's not true outside of a GOP primary world though. If he gets the nomination by virtue of not being Mitt, he will be in big trouble with independent and democratic voters who don't see women in such a manner.
ReplyDeleteyes, exactly, Lock. When Cain says he didn't do anything wrong, he means it, because he can't see what's wrong with harassment. When he says he doesn't recognize her, he probably means he never really looked at her face, he just saw her as a hunk of anatomy, and there were so many of them, how can he remember any one of them? He's certainly not presidential material. I'm not sure he really qualifies as an adult....
ReplyDeleteThanks for the comments and I agree with both of your points 100%. The sliver of support Cain has represents about 1/16th of the electorate, but weirdly, that is almost enough to win some R primaries...
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