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Suppose they gave a debate and nobody came

By: tooncesthecat (Diary)  |  May 6th, 2011 at 08:48 AM  | 

RESIZE: AAA

That’s kind of what happened last night.  So before everyone goes Lady Ga-ga over Herman Cain, just keep in mind that no one in the focus group that picked him as the winner actually said they were definitely voting for him.  Unless he gets to at least 5% in the polls, he’s going to get bounced off the stage when the “big boys” (and gals) decide to show up.  Winning last night was kind of like being chosen Queen of the Collard Green Festival and thinking you could compete to be Miss America.  Not going to happen.  Say good-bye to Gary Johnson and Rick Santorum, also.  They will soon join Fred Karger and Buddy Roemer as candidates without  podium.  And if Pawlenty can’t win a debate against this crew of nobodys, how do you think he’ll fare with the real candidates.  He should have taken a free shot at Romney when he had a chance.  Romney will eat his lunch on cap-and-trade.  All in all this wasn’t bad for a warm-up act.  But personally, I’ll save my applause until we get Gingrich, Romney, Daniels, Bachmann, and Trump on-stage, with maybe Palin and Huckabee.  That’s when all of these guys from last night will be toast.

Also posted:  ”Obama’s Last Day @ www.tooncesthecat.wordpress.com

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  • Tom Anderson

    Right now, he’s my favorite candidate of all – including the big guns that weren’t there last night. I’m not “going Lady Ga-ga” over him, but I like the way he speaks plainly and doesn’t put political spin on what he says. He really is a people’s candidate.

    You’re probably right that he doesn’t have much of a chance at the nomination for 2012, but there are two things to think about in that regard:
    1. There is ALWAYS a candidate that comes out of left field to charge into legitimacy. I believe Cain is that candidate for 2012.
    2. Even if he’s not successful this time around, he is cultivating a core group of supporters and more broad name recognition for potential future runs.

    • Tom Anderson
  • Jim Tomasik

    Huckabee four years ago. He was not even registering in the polls and someone on here said that Fred Thompson would suck the oxygen out of the room as soon as he got in the race. That never even came close to happening.

    It looks like Cain is more well known and is just as likable now than Huckabee was then.

    • http://www.tooncesthecat.wordpress.com tooncesthecat

      stay on the porch. And none of the guys on stage last night showed that they could in fact run with the big dogs. Gingrich will chew them up and then bury them like an old bone. And he’ll do it just for s[port–especially Santorum and Pawlenty who showed they had no stomach for the rough and tumble.