[quote=poorgradstudent]In general, one data point is meaningless, two is worth investigating, and three makes a trend.

That said, I don’t really care, because Cain is a terrible Presidential candidate anyways. 9-9-9 is a huge tax increase and wealth redistribution plan, stealing from the poor and giving to corporations. Cain has no coherent policy on social issues; he had a rational moderate stance on abortion that he flipped on when he realized it wouldn’t fly with Republican primary voters.

By all means, if you want 4 more years of Obama (which I do, for the record), nominate Cain. He has the potential to get thrashed worse than Mondale did. He reminds me a lot of Sharon Angle, the woman largely responsible for Harry Reid holding his senate seat.[/quote]

The bigger trend is media obsession with sex …sells products, sells news. Cain comes across as being unqualified for the job, but has voters’ attention who are on the rebound from broken Washington. That anyone is actually proposing radical tax reform is a breath of fresh air, but as we know from Obamacare too much ambition dash hopes. When it comes down to it, I’d be surprised if many take him seriously, but it certainly spices up what would otherwise be a dour event. If these diversions say anything, it is that personality is a biggy with voters …or a substitute for complex policy issues?