Herman Cain has suspended his campaign.

[formerlurker]

There was a NRO guy on Fox -- could have even been this morning, but I think it was yesterday, can't remember who it was (just too busy these days to keep it all straight).    Anywho, he said Cain ran to obtain name recognition and never expected to get the nomination.    He made rather compelling commentary to this theory, which caught my attention.    I think the kicker was his seemingly sincere surprise in an interview when he was surging in the polls.

[Gina]

I agree.  Just disappointed that Cain is guilty of either. 

The way the country is now, I really don't care if we have another sex addict in office. As long as he can get the job done, he can worry about his personal life on his own time. 

I feel really bad for Cain.

[NHSparky]

The way the country is now, I really don't care if we have another sex addict in office. As long as he can get the job done, he can worry about his personal life on his own time. 

I feel really bad for Cain.

So Billy Jeff is okay by you?  Sorry, but character does count.

[Gina]

So Billy Jeff is okay by you?  Sorry, but character does count.

Re-read my post.  I said the way the country is today. Anyone but Obama.  I want a business man in office.

[Wineslob]

Cain looked really promising.

Honestly I'm not surprised. The way he whined in the media, I was pretty sure he didn't have thick enough skin to survive.

[Eupher]

The way the country is now, I really don't care if we have another sex addict in office. As long as he can get the job done, he can worry about his personal life on his own time.  

I feel really bad for Cain.

Concur with Sparky on this one. Personal integrity (and stepping out on your SPOUSE is NOT a hallmark of personal integrity, IMHO) does count.

The "Anyone but Obama" meme works only when you don't have another choice. Last time I looked, there were 5-6 other candy-dates that haven't yet bitten the dust. Remains to be seen how many of those others makes a practice out of screwing somebody else besides their spouse (besides Gingrich)...and the way some of these folks think, that kind of thing really isn't a showstopper.

Au contraire, mon ami.

That kind of personal behavior is high on my list of shit that isn't acceptable, but I have to say that if the only person that Obama had slept with was the First Wookie and maybe his own monkey, Cain would still be a better candy-date. Gingrich too, for that matter.

[thundley4]

Concur with Sparky on this one. Personal integrity (and stepping out on your SPOUSE is NOT a hallmark of personal integrity, IMHO) does count.

The "Anyone but Obama" meme works only when you don't have another choice. Last time I looked, there were 5-6 other candy-dates that haven't yet bitten the dust. Remains to be seen how many of those others makes a practice out of screwing somebody else besides their spouse (besides Gingrich)...and the way some of these folks think, that kind of thing really isn't a showstopper.

Au contraire, mon ami.

That kind of personal behavior is high on my list of shit that isn't acceptable, but I have to say that if the only person that Obama had slept with was the First Wookie and maybe his own monkey, Cain would still be a better candy-date. Gingrich too, for that matter.

If cheating on your wife is a disqualifier, then Newt is done.  Newt seems more conservative than Romney, but he also acts quite arrogant.   I fear we are going to see another MSM selected RINO win the GOP nomination.

[Eupher]

If cheating on your wife is a disqualifier, then Newt is done.  Newt seems more conservative than Romney, but he also acts quite arrogant.   I fear we are going to see another MSM selected RINO win the GOP nomination.

I'm not fond of Newt for that, plus other reasons. He's pompous, he's a Washington insider (therefore he's all too comfy with lobbyists and the rest of those leeches), and he loves to line his own pockets. The Ethanol lobby, the glow-bull warming bullshit with the former Speaker Cretin, and the fact that the first campaign crew he had all resigned en masse. Sorta tells the story there, methinks.

These are all minuses for Newt -- they may be showstoppers for me, maybe not. I truly despise Romney even more than Newt, oddly enough, but I ain't quite made up my mind either way.....

[Duke Nukum]

I have a hard time getting past Newt's "Green Conservatism." "Green Conservatism" is liberalism.

[seahorse513]

I was kinda behind Cain as well. No candidate is a celibate saint, and will have some skeletons in their closet. However ,a good leader shows by example....