"Cain sticks to his own playbook during visit to Granite State" November 18, 2011|By Shira Schoenberg WASHINGTON POST Associated Press
NASHUA - In many senses, Herman Cain's unconventional ways serve him well among many Republican voters. A cadre of supporters see him as an authentic candidate, and they like his status as a businessman and Washington outsider.
But while some said they liked Cain’s straight-talking style, he has a way to go before he takes off in New Hampshire. He has spent less time here than most other candidates; yesterday’s visit was his first since the Oct. 11 debate at Dartmouth College. He has largely avoided the town hall meetings and meet-and-greets that are standard fare for candidates in New Hampshire, instead focusing on a book tour that took him through the South....
Then he's a low single digit man in six weeks. New Hampshire folk don't vote for you if you don't go there.
During the rally, Cain touched on a recent blunder on foreign policy. He defended his statements that the commander in chief does not need to have a mastery of foreign policy. “Who knows every detail of every country of every situation on the planet? Nobody,’’ he said. “A leader is supposed to make sure we work on the right problems, assign the right prerogatives, put together the right people, and lead.’’
Criticism over his lack of experience in foreign policy intensified after a video of his stumbling answer to a question about Libya at an editorial board meeting with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel went viral....
Also yesterday, the Associated Press reported that the Secret Service said Cain has become the first Republican presidential contender to receive its protection. He had requested the detail.
Cain costing the taxpayers a few more bucks before his campaign goes pfffft?
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"Cain suggests Taliban are playing role in Libya
Gee, those "Taliban" sure get around these days (sigh).
WASHINGTON - Herman Cain suggested yesterday that the Taliban were playing a role in Libya’s new government, adding another foreign policy misstep to his stumbling presidential campaign.
The week opened with Cain struggling to answer whether he supported President Obama’s foreign policy in Libya. He ended his week trying to blame reporters for the moment, which was captured on video and quickly spread around the Internet.
Didn't he do that with the sexual harassment story?
Cain’s critics seized on Monday’s incoherent answer as the latest evidence that the former pizza executive is unprepared to be the GOP’s nominee. Then Cain gave his critics another foreign policy error yesterday.
“Do I agree with siding with the opposition? Do I agree with saying that [Libyan leader Moammar[ Khadafy should go? Do I agree that they now have a country where you’ve got Taliban and Al Qaeda that’s going to be part of the government?’’ Cain asked reporters in Orlando....
Actually, he is right about "Al-CIA-Duh" being part of the new government.
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So how did he do in the debate?
"Republican debate heats up on limits of US security; Gingrich takes immigration stance" by Matt Viser and Tracy Jan | Globe Staff, November 22, 2011
WASHINGTON - The Republican presidential candidates clashed last night - at times vigorously - over their visions for American security, whether Muslims should be targeted for extra screenings at airports, and how precipitously the US military should pull out from Afghanistan.
Several candidates argued forcefully that the Patriot Act, which made it easier for authorities to track Internet traffic and tap phones in the United States, should not only remain in place, but be strengthened. If preventing future attacks means occasionally infringing on civil liberties, they said, so be it....
Herman Cain expressed similar sentiments, though he worded his views cautiously. Instead of racial or religious profiling, Cain called it “targeted identification.’’
That is REALLY DISAPPOINTING coming from a BLACK MAN!!
“If you take a look at the people who are trying to kill us, it would be easy to figure out exactly what that identification profile looks like,’’ said the businessman from Georgia.
“The terrorists have one objective that some people don’t seem to get: They want to kill all of us, so we should use every means necessary to kill them first,’’ he added, to applause....
Does that include the use of nuclear weapons?
If so it's crazy Cain.
Coming into the debate last night, polls show that Cain is still near the top tier but that his support has fallen in the weeks following accusations that he sexually harassed four women.
As we knew it would.
Some of the debate’s lighter moments involved candidates not recalling first names.
Later, Cain referred to moderator Wolf Blitzer as, “Blitz.’’ As the crowd began to chuckle, Cain corrected himself, saying “I’m sorry, Blitz, I meant Wolf, OK?’’ After he finished, Blitzer returned the favor. “Thanks, Cain.’’
Sigh. Wasting space, print, and ink with that?
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What the web version cut from my printed paper:
Cain has at times mocked the merits of knowledge of foreign affairs. In October, he told an interviewer, "When they ask me who is the president of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan, I'm going to say, 'You know, I don't know. Do you know?' "
I may not know the leader off the top of my head; however, I DO KNOW the country is UZBEKISTAN!!
Late week in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel's editorial board, Cain struggled for several minutes to articulate his position on Libya, saying at one point that he has "all this stuff twirling around in my head."
Uh-oh.
He later said that a leader doesn't have to know everything, but needs to surround himself with "good people."
And it is not going to be you and yours, Herm.
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Also see: Cain Dominates Boston Globe Debate Coverage
