NATIONAL NONSENSE

Herman Cain .Who!! The newest name on the top of the 9 performers in the  Republican Presidential  Candidate Debate Circus.. This African-American won 37% of the 2657 votes cast in the Florida Straw Poll, whereas Perry received only 15% and Romney who " according to a news media did not participate(?) in the poll "14% .



There is no question that Cain is a capable man but an unlikely candidate for the extreme right who are making waves in the GOP. His bio according to Wilkepedia: Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is an American businessman, politician, columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He is the former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza and a former deputy chairman (1992–94) and chairman (1995–96) of the board of directors to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Before his business and economics career he worked as a mathematician in ballistics for the United States Navy.

Yes, he certainly  may well be more qualified than any of the  eight other clowns, but  he has two  basic problems; the first is that he has never been a politician.  That would kill him among the sharks in DC.

The second, sad to state, is that he suffers from excessive  skin pigmentation. Already there have been  attacks in media or internet from bigots who are both white and black. He has been accused of  being a turncoat, or just  a ploy  of the party to improve its appeal to black voters..  


Realistically his meaningless straw vote  victory in Florida the swing state of the Bush/Gore election is  of greatest  importance because of  the rejection of the imperfect bumbling debater Perry. How damaging that will be remains to be seen.


The Republican Centralists are without any acceptable choice except Romney.  That candidates chances of election in this upcoming 2012 election seems unlikely even though  unless there is a great change in the economy and world affairs; President Obama like Carter appears to be a one term President. In fact before the  early States commit their convention delegates I will anticipate that some Democrat will enter the race at the urging of the party old guard. The 2011 elections will be a deciding factor.


As anticipated today in the news there is a report that Christie is reconsidering a run for the Presidency. Of course there is the usual denial but there is an element in the party that will continue to put pressure on him. AND, let us face facts; he is an astute politician who would do well in Washington among all those petty Congressmen and Senators who put their personal interests above the nation's.


What is going on  at this time is just for show. The real contest will only start after Jan 1,2011 when the drive for the early state delegate  choices takes place. This years elections will be crucial.

9:30 PS; I wrote this last night, this morning on the talk shows the Florida GOP straw vote  was the ongoing topic, with most pundits arriving at the same conclusions as miner. A journalistic scoop!;


Wkipedia:\A straw poll or straw vote is a vote with nonbinding results. Straw polls provide dialogue among movements within large groups, reflecting trends like organization and motivation.^[1][2] In meetings subject to rules of order, impromptu straw polls often are taken to see if there is enough support for an idea to devote more meeting time to it, and (when not a secret ballot) for the attendees to see who is on which side of a question. However, Robert's Rules of Order prohibits straw polls, calling them "meaningless and dilatory" because they subvert the deliberative charge of deliberative bodies.^[3] Among political bodies, straw polls often are scheduled for events at which many people interested in the polling question can be expected to vote. Sometimes polls conducted without ordinary voting controls in place (i.e., on an honor system, such as in online polls) are also called "straw polls"