At the recent Republican debate in Greenville, S.C., Herman Cain was the acknowledged winner of the debate. The perceived frontrunner, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty came in third.
http://www.examiner.com/finance-examiner...This illustrates the sense of confusion and disarray in the party, when all of the best known potential candidates are unwilling to actually throw their hats in the ring, because while it is easy to criticize, it is much more difficult to have actual proposals undergo scrutiny, as Paul Ryan and the House Republicans are now discovering.
Candidates are also uncomfortably aware that once they become official candidates, their every utterance or misdeed from the past 30 years will be inspected under a microscope. Every one loved Sarah - until they got to know her.
I think it is a good thing that Herman Cain will be running. There are still a few racists out there, and if Republicans have one of there own blacks running for president, perhaps they will put aside all of the nonsense that Obama had to undergo, like being depicted with an ape's body, or all of the Birther and Kenyan nonsense. If Cain actually wins, then I can actually believe that Republicans have turned the corner and moved into the 21st century.
I also think it would be a good idea if former Obama administration ambassador to China, Jon Huntsman, ran for the job. Currently anyone willing to even talk to anyone in the Obama Administration is considered a commie pinko turncoat. It would be good to have all of that nastiness behind us, and it would be good to elect someone actually willing to work with the other side to solve the nation's problems. Someone willing to put the well-being of the nation above the ideology of the party.
I also will be glad to see Gov. Romney running. Perhaps we could have an honest debate about the benefits of universal health care since Romney created a system in his state that served as an example for the Affordable Care Act (Obama Care for the extremists). Since he is also a Mormon, and not a "Real Christian" it would also be good to minimize the influence of the radical evangelical Christians.
Ron Paul received some of the best applause of the night when he proposed the idea of legalizing Heroin. New ideas are what the party needs. Since the majority of people (even Republicans) think we should raise taxes on the rich and leave Social Security and Medicare alone, unconventional candidates who are outside of the mainstream of the party might get a lot support for being fiscal realists who actually suggest balancing the budget and reducing the deficit, by cutting the military spending and asking the corporations and rich to pay their fair share.