I've bit my tongue for quite a while reading some of these posts about Cain, Gingrich, etc. and I needed to reply. I've been away for a while - just re-registered. IDP, Alan and others know who I am and what my views are, but this trend is very troubling.
IMO we have a lot of scared people on the right... scared of every little misstep or gaffe that one of the Repub candidates makes, and then we hear how they aren't fit for being President. The whole "looking thru a microscope" at each of the Repubs is a recipe for disaster - there is not one of us, me included, that is without fault or human. To somehow expect each and every one of the to somehow live up to unreachable expectations is doing a grave disservice to them and the right as a whole. Why and how did this impossible expectations come about? Even Reagan wasn't without fault, so why now?
Why are we allowing the Dems and the left (see MSM) dictate the game to us? We all know that the vast majority of the country is center/right, so why do we allow a minority to dictate to the majority? Fomenting this by declaring every candidate dead after a gaffe is playing into the hand of the MSM - we are running against the Dems, people, not others on the right. Having unreasonable expectations will spell doom for us in 2012 if we don't get things on the right worked out and actually show a political spine for a change.
I haven't endorsed anyone yet, but this latest thing by Cain isn't the end of the world - how many of you take time to think before you respond? It appears to me that is what he did - and he's being crucified for it? I guess I just don't understand what the big deal is... policies and philosophy matter more IMO. Bush 43 wasn't the most articulate president we have had, but his foreign policy was gold post 9/11. If we are going to micromanage every candidate, we will have nothing left to vote for.
I realize this is the primary season, but this trend is going to spell doom if we aren't careful. The sky is NOT falling on any of them, regardless of popular thought. Be confident and positive people - we are running against Obama and the Dem machine, not each other.