The only drawbacks I can see with Herman Cain are that he’s never won an election and has lots of recorded audio for the MSM/Obama operatives to dissect and parse. On the other hand, he seems to be a conservative’s conservative, which is just what we need. And, on a day where we have an uber-RINO gov from Utah (of all places) all but declare his candidacy, I’m all ears.

Probably the biggest problem I have with the rest of the field of Republicans (maybe save Jim DeMint) is their ability to articulate the conservative argument enough to persuade Independent voters to come over. That quality alone may be enough to win my vote, and I believe is a big reason why many here were rooting for Pence. As a radio host and successful businessman, I would think that would be right up Herman’s alley. He’s also an outsider that I could definitely see unite the Tea Party and would acceptable enough to the snooty establishment (maybe), where fiscal moderates Huck or a Romney with Romneycare bring liabilities to the former.

However, being ruthlessly tactical in my approach to the matter, I’m not sure what Cain will bring us in terms of electoral demographics, though I’m interested to hear his case. Whereas T-Paw or Daniels would put Obama back on his heels in key midwestern states, I predict Cain would put nary a dent in the black vote (though maybe that’s a false measure – he won’t have a conservative turnout problem). While I think Cain’s success in the business world is to be lauded (certainly he’s light years ahead of Obama by that or any measure, really), I think our best argument is to run a state governor who can say, “Look at my body of work in this state. Look at Obama’s record nationally. Now choose.”

Either way,those are just my 2 cents and welcome Herman to the fight. Can’t wait to hear his arguments and see how he does!