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Cain at CPAC and Media Bias

I found an article from Politico earlier talking about the winners and losers at CPAC. The article said that Herman Cain was one of the big losers of CPAC. Here's the quote:

The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO is in a category of his own, even among the obscure candidates of 2012. Cain, who hosted a radio show in Georgia and has never held public office, has traded on his reputation as a dynamic speaker to win attention as a long-shot presidential candidate.

Cain didn’t live up to that reputation at CPAC. He had one or two memorable lines, such as: “Stupid people are ruining America.” But one or two middling zingers do not a credible candidate make.

Given his flat performance, Cain’s going to have to work extra-hard going forward to win a place in the 2012 process.

Those who actually saw the performance disagreed. R.S. McCain has a great summary on it here. You can watch the video there, or you can check out the audio here.

I have listened to this speech. It's a wonderful address and the crowds appeared to be fired up as he spoke. He addressed many of the important, domestic issues we're facing as a nation. He hit all the right notes with the right tone. The speech did not appear to fall flat, but then again - I was not in attendance. R.S. McCain was and he said it didn't fall flat. Ed Morissey of Hot Air saw the address - and he not only said it didn't fall flat, but that it excelled. How good was it? In Morissey's opinion:

If you watch one speech in its entirety, this may be the one to choose. Herman Cain, so far the only declared candidate for the GOP presidential nomination, stole the show yesterday with his speech in the late afternoon. People left the ballroom saying that he moved them to tears. Whether one thinks that Cain has a chance of making inroads for the nomination or not, there is no doubt at all of Cain’s value to the conservative movement.

So, I end with a question back to Politico - how does a man who's speech moved some CPAC attendees to tears constitute one of CPAC's losers? Or was your bias showing?