too bad…

@Gary Rosen: You said it double. Except you’ll have to get over it, and not be surprised. Cain was warmups. You are dealing with viciousness and perfidy, with no redeeming qualities at all. Don’t expect any. Plan for the worst because they will do even worse than you plan for. These people are not good people. If you think they are, you’ll be fooled again.

Rule of Thumb: Democrats (today) are always, without fail, worse than you think. There are no exceptions to that rule (today).

Anything could happen in the next year worldwide or domestically.

And… all the while we are dealing with a generation of babies overturning Ohio’s collective bargaining law, occupying, declaring bankruptcy and losing defamation of character lawsuits yet actually believing they are people of character that can come out to a microphone.

We have a LOT of hard work – not just the candidates but the people of America.

We need to educate people that it is about our individual and collective choices. In a nation where the people decide (capitalism) we have to make better choices as consumers, employees, taxpayers, voters, families, etc.

I meant those things metaphorically. I am really worried that people think a turnaround can happen quickly and with little personal sacrifice. I don’t think it will be easy, and I’m afraid that a failure to meet expectations could mean the Dems would be back in force at the midterms. Romney is failing to win trust of the base. Gingrich is talking about big plans, but I don’t know whether he considers things carefully before he says them. We have a world-wide economic crisis on the horizon, the Islamic world in not benign turmoil, and a China that could easily play the nationalism card big time if their own problems get any worse. We certainly have to clean up our domestic financial troubles, but international events could disrupt our plans to do so. As I see it, Gingrich and Romney are the only candidates who appreciate the complexity of the situation, yet people still seem to jump from one candidate to the next as if there is someone who could make all this go away.

That is why I said earlier that the candidates’ teams might make a difference. If they are building a team (potential cabinet) that shores up their weak spots, it could help build voter confidence and bring them out on election day. I am really scared of the my-way-or-the-highway comments I read on some sites. I think they will be used to scare off independents and moderates and could give us 4 more years of Obama. I fear that we are not projecting strength and confidence.

He had to pull back when he was attacked on this subject because he understood that Americans instinctively support freedom of religion. However, I think he really understood the big picture.

On the other hand, he lost much of my support when he said he asked Kissinger to be his Secretary of State. I thought that was a sign that he didn’t have many good contacts.

So far I don’t care for any of the current Republican candidates, but ABO–anybody but Obama.

Really?

Every one of the Republican candidates have more executive experience than Obama had when he was elected, more common sense and I don’t see ANY of our candidates erecting Greek styrofoam columns like Obama did.

I’m still unsure why you used the word Messiah with respect to Cain.

Can you admit on substance that Cain’s economic policies are a positive and Obama’s is a negative and then be done with the negativity on Cain?