Herman Cain is The One.

That said, good point!

Thx for the insights. I will have to take your word for it that Iowa and other early states require massive money and organization (no sarcasm – i really did not/do not know these ins and outs of primaries)
But if true I begin to see WHY the RINO’s and establishment types get to pick our candidates. They control the big donors and the expertise, the endorsements, etc.
This seems to me to make it virtually impossible for a conservative ‘outsider’ like Palin or Cain or ANYONE to upset the RINO applecart.
Wow – doom.
Please tell me I am wrong on this. Dole – McCain – Romney as far as the eye can see? No hope for conservative outsider? Ever?

It is time for candidate like Cain to stand up and declare the Iowa corn hicks non-important right along with those granite heads in NH and the gap toothed hillbillies in South Carolina.

The best way to do that is to have virtually no ground game in any of the three. Cain’s political instincts are unassailable and his top level mangers are seasoned and wily.

Just watch as Herman destroys that pseudo-intellectual and bottomless vessel of world knowledge and government affairs Newt Gingrich. I bet Cain has Newt stuttering and blubbering in no time.

We need a President who has absolutely no fear in making a fool of himself and Cain is just the guy to do it.

then the theory that Cain is just a Romney shill to help damage and disperse the Perry vote gains more credence. I had actually thought there was probably not much to that theory but this story, coupled with Cain’s vitriolic, unfounded, persistent attacks on Perry regarding the sexual harrassment scandal story, and his lack of attacks on Romney cause me to reconsider.

That, or he is just a deluded publicity seeker trying to sell a book. Either way he is a loser in the political arena.

This assumes Cain is a conventional candidate, running a conventional campaign. He is neither, which is why the usual rules do not apply to him.

Take the first aspect – he is an unconventional candidate, because unlike the rest, he isn’t a politician.

Well, OK, sure, Cain has RUN for office in the past, he’s just never managed to WIN an elected office in the past, much less a primary.

But you see, this is what makes Cain so refreshing and different from the rest – all of the other candidates have actually managed to win a race or two before. But this is an unusual year. If you want to win, you must get behind the proven loser.

Cain has aspired to higher office for more than a decade, but hasn’t won anything, which just goes to show that this is his year. How can you not see that?

Iowa craves a Washington DC outsider, which is why I support Cain the DC lobbyist, and you should, too.

from a week ago when Cain had a whole FOUR paid staffers there.

http://theothermccain.com/2011/10/23/the-cain-campaign-in-iowa/

watch the video… it was posted on Oct 23, a whole 10 days ago.

Also of note, a poll was posted where Perry was at 7% and now is polling at double about 14%. hhmmmm…. ground game anyone?

I’m no expert on the political ground game, but don’t poorer campaigns often “skip” Iowa exactly because it’s so expensive to compete there? Cain has surged, but he doesn’t have anywhere near the money that Romney and Perry have.

Personally I see this three way race stretching out into some of the later primaries after the the first three states split with Iowa going to Perry, NH to Romney, and SC to Cain. If that’s right Cain might be better off saving money for super tuesday instead of blowing it for another point or two in Iowa.

I was skeptic, but after this prediction it’s a given.

Also, here’s a RCP article on Cain’s campaign in Iowa with a slightly different point of view:

“But Cain’s campaign is attempting to rewrite the rules for how to
wage a winning campaign by relying on a team of committed volunteers, rather than paid professionals, to do most of the grunt work, while the candidate himself leaves a light footprint in the early voting states.

“I’ve been in a lot of campaigns and I can tell you I’ve not been in a campaign that is so volunteer-driven as this one,” said Steve Grubbs, a former Iowa GOP chairman and longtime presidential campaign veteran, who signed on to lead Cain’s Iowa effort earlier this month. “The only job for the paid staffers is to use their time to leverage volunteers. So if one staffer mobilizes 50 volunteers a day, you get hundreds of volunteer hours per staffer. That’s the model, and it only works if you have this group of deeply passionate people for the candidate and the campaign.”
(…)
Darla Phillips, 59, had also never worked on a campaign before she started volunteering for Cain last week.

“He’s not got all of the funds that other candidates have, so I just figure he can use all the volunteers he can get,” she said.

Another volunteer, who declined to provide his name, said that he saw parallels between Cain’s current standing and the buzz that surrounded the under-funded, under-organized Mike Huckabee in 2007, for whom this man volunteered. The former Arkansas governor pulled off a win in the Iowa caucuses four years ago.”

As for the paid staffers, I think he has 4 of them now. That’s exactly the same number Huckabee had at this point four years ago. Enthusiasm from supporters wins Iowa caucuses, not money to spend. Huckabee and Romney proved that 4 years ago.

place — in 2008, Obama and Huckabee won the caucuses though neither had much money. They had enthusiastic volunteers -Huck had homeschoolers and evangelicals, Obama had college students and labor union thugs.

It’s hard to poll a caucus because it’s so uncertain who will show up. Also, the voting in Iowa has a unique feature, after the vote is taken the lower vote-getters then attach themselves to the supporters of another candidate ho got more votes. In other words it’s fluid and there are dynamics that don’t come into play when you simply enter the voting booth.

My guess is it will be Gingrich – Perry or Perry-Gingrich, with Mittens coming in third. The only one who could push Mitt into fourth (which would be very damaging) would be Ron Paul, though he isn’t running strongly now. I don’t see bachmann, Santorum or Cain as factors, though that could change.

Anyone watching the debate on C-Span?

I thought the big news out of the dinner was how well Newt did. He stole the show from what I can tell. And its a big show to steal – everybody whose anybody is there.

I think we’ll be seeing more about Newt this week. Maybe lots more.

Perry is up in the Iowa polls – but he’s flooding the airwaves with ads. He flopped at the dinner.

By the way, if you didn’t see the Perry skit on Sat Night Live tonight you missed a classic. Not quiet Palin, but close. Hilarious.

But Mitt is still going to win in Iowa. Folks at the caucuses will be split between Perry / Gingrich / Cain and Paul. After the first round Romney will be their second choice.

This is ridiculous. First gekster and Xas are posting recipes trying to block newcomers. Then turn on “Formitt” saying to get off the thread it is for HERM ! If the bandwidth wasters want to post recipes they could easily go over to Lucianne’s “Connection.” If they don’t agree with even one policy stance they call “trolls” and Hines rule b.s. The Perry Bullies is what this section should be entitled. Why do you let these people direct this portion of RS ?

I’m not really worried about anything in the conventional political sense. But Perry comes off as pre-packaged. He’s like all hat and no cattle. He just doesn’t seem to have anything genuine about him.

And seriously, watch that SNL skit if you get a chance. They nailed it.

If I worry about anything, I worry about the #OWS movement. I think it has the potential to become the most serious, global socially disruptive force in our lifetime.

I opened a twitter account, did a search for Wall Street. 30 minutes later I’m following 240 – all #occupy accounts – from NYC to New Zealand to Mumbai. Millions of people, globally united behind a single cause. Never have we seen anything like it. The power there is unimaginable.

And …

From Twitter:

OccupyAirForce Air Force anonymous
by OccupyArmy
If you’re active duty military you CAN protest. Just can’t say you represent the military or DoD, and can’t be in uniform

on C-SPAN. He passed a couple of question to Newt and he got all mixed up on Medicare.

…professional politicians are the problem. Perhaps that is why most of RS never understood Sarah, the Tea Party, and/or Cain.

If we are not careful as a party we may end up with some atrocity like:

Rick Perry/James Traficant 2012 !

Cain clearly shows he is without substance. In a debate format such is this, Cain with fail since he has no substance BUT Perry will shine. It appears a number of media sites feel the same:

A nondebate between Cain and Gingrich
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-1106-tea-party-debate-20111106,0,5771607.story

“Cain seemed ill at ease; he deferred frequently to Gingrich on complex aspects of federal programs. When one of the two moderators, Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), asked about defined benefits, Cain gave a halting answer. “A defined…. You go first, Newt.”

TRENDING: Cain scolds reporters: ‘End of story’ to sexual harassment claims
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/06/trending-cain-scolds-reporters-end-of-story-to-sexual-harassment-claims/

Cain Spars With Reporters Over Questions on Sexual Harassment Claims
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/cain-spars-with-reporters-over-questions-on-sexual-harassment-claims/

Cain’s favorability drops after accusations: poll

“The most striking thing is that Herman Cain is actually seeing a fairly substantial decline in favorability ratings toward him particularly among Republicans,” said Ipsos pollster Chris Jackson.”

http://news.yahoo.com/cains-favorability-drops-sex-accusations-poll-051227162.html

he is “Moe-Moed”?

Cain isn’t running a serious campaign, but some of his supporters are deadly serious. Notice their approach to the scandal talk:

Vilify the press for reporting it.
Insist all Republicans fall in line behind Cain.
Smear the women as golddiggers or even prostitutes.

Sound familiar? Like the Clinton Smear Machine with all those great dance hits in the ’90s?

to win the caucuses, because you need to make sure those enthusiastic supporters show up. Mitt lacks in enthusiasm but is strong in organization. So that doesn’t make him a hands on favorite to win Iowa. If Cain and Perry falter and with Bachmann in the race there is a path to victory for Mitt in Iowa.

according to real clear politics today… Cain leads by 15 points now over Doofus, Romney. 30% to 15%. Gasp! I have never seen so many morons in one place… wait, that’s not entirely true…The Huffington Post notwithstanding..

http://escapetyranny.com/2011/11/06/backfire-cain-now-leads-by-15-points-in-iowa/

it pretty much lays out for everyone just who Rick Perry is and what he is about. It is in a Dallas newspaper and pretty much fair EXCEPT the author refers to the Perrys’ “family hunting lodge” AND that damned rock! That was done on purpose! They never ever had a family hunting lodge, they had a deer lease, for heaven’s sake! Read it, though, because his parents are just like everyone I ever knew growing up in West Texas (my folks included), and it means a lot to me to read about them. What precious, wonderful people!

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/perry-watch/headlines/20111105-rick-perrys-parents-say-their-son-is-strong-medicine-needed-by-a-sickly-nation.ece

and as pttx333 points out, if you want to understand the background of Rick Perry, if you need to examine his heart and how he feels about America, the apple didn”t fall from the tree. At age 86, his daddy is still ranchin’ and raisin’ cattle and his momma quilts and I’d bet is a darned good cook. Take 3 min out of your blogging life today and click here or above and read this story. I hope God blesses the Perry family on this difficult but important journey.

http://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/perry-watch/headlines/20111105-rick-perrys-parents-say-their-son-is-strong-medicine

at every web news site and blog we can. Have you joined Smart Girl Politics? www.smartgirlpolitics.ning.com Its a great forum often visited by Liz Cheney and the like. They have a number of groups you can easily join and you can blog all day long at the main page or specifically at your groups.

Yep, ranch women and men like the Perry’s know what hard work is, they raise their kids right and a very few, like Ray and Amelia, get to see their son become President of the United States.

“Neighborin’ in my neck of the woods didn’t just mean visitin’. It also meant helping fix fence, bale hay or bring in the crop. If a tornado took out a man’s barn, the neighbors came and helped raise a new one and the women cooked and fed the crew. Our friends in NYC and elsewhere that conduct polls and write influential articles and have a national microphone everyday from which they drive the results of elections probably have never heard of such a life. There’s something about making your living off the land and being at the mercy of God and His weather for your survival that teaches a person humility of a sort you can’t get anywhere else. People raised in that vein know how to respect their fellow man because they know when hard times come, they’ll need that man as a friend. A simple upbringing is very unpopular these days but I’ll take a president that knows how to pull a calf and plant seed in the dust with a faith in the Lord that it’ll rain 5 minutes before its too late any day. My daddy always used to say, “No matter what, never forget where you came from.” Rick Perry remembers where he came from and he’ll be a remarkable President.

Though I never had the pleasure of living in the country, I had family who did and many friends whose families ranched. I’ve been involved with the ladies and the cooking while the men would brand, cut or dip cattle, round up the livestock to move to another pasture, or whatever needed to be done, and it was heaven on earth. After the work was done and everyone was fed, then the visitin’ part happened. What fun it was!

Yes, there are those who think we are just dumb hicks – well, I have the perfect comment: “Thank ya.” I’ll accept that moniker any old day over the so-called “elite” titles. And when someone refers to Rick Perry as a dumb, swaggering cowboy, I just laugh to myself – they are in for a ride they won’t soon forget. Right? And the “all hat and no cattle” thing is wearing mighty thin with me! That particular phrase refers to a drugstore cowboy wannabe, and that is NOT Rick Perry.

I’ve not heard of Smart Girl Politics, but you can bet I will be checking into their site. I adore Liz Cheney, too. Thanks for the info, circle.