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I’m Tired

When he first began talking about a Presidential campaign, I was excited. Listening to him speak about the fundamentals of conservatism was mesmerizing. His outsider credentials, his strong support among Tea Party voters, his vast business experience was impressive to me. I like outsider candidates, still do. I'm one of those rare people who genuinely likes 9-9-9. Still do. I jumped feet first onto the Cain Train and never planned to look back. I'm starting to.

It started out simply enough with an issue Cain was strong on, abortion. Cain is pro-life, I have no doubts of that. He has donated intensely to pro-life causes. He has a history of strong, bold stances on life issues. But every day came a rewording, modified statement that made him sound less and less pro-life. It became difficult to defend the man who I believed in.

Then came the sexual harassment charges. As I said before, I am still under the impression that this entire situation was a misunderstanding blown out of proportion. I don't think Cain sexually harassed anyone. That said, his defense of himself for something that, as I said - I don't think he did, has been weak at best. This could have been a chance for Cain to get this out of the way, get this explained in a straight forward manner, and could have been a boost to his campaign. It has provided him a financial boost today, but for a lot of us it shows a hole in his campaign. Again, this was something he should have been ready to respond to, instead he responded...modified his comments time and again. Those who called his response "Clintonian" almost feels fitting.

Now today Cain missed a fairly basic foreign policy issue - that China has nuclear weapons. Ace of Spades has the rest of the details including portions of the interview transcript. A Presidential candidate needs to know some very basic facts - the fact that China has nuclear weapons needs to be among them. While no Presidential candidate truly knows all that he or she "knows" when in interviews, but if Cain has not been briefed on something that basic, his campaign is flawed.

Cain needs to revamp his campaign. He's in the big leagues now and still being coached by the JV squad all stars. He's gotten some good new campaign members recently, but he needs to rapidly adapt. He needs to be better prepared. He needs to learn the political game just a little bit. The very thing that I liked about him, his lack of political experience, is shining light on his greatest weakness.

From the campaign that was the most energetic and had some of the fervent fans, I've become tired. I'm tired of defending Herman Cain. I'm tired of looking foolish for supporting the man as he fumbles along. I'm not quite ready to give up on him just yet...but, sadly, I'm getting there. I'm hoping to be proven wrong, but time will tell.

Cross-posted to Race42012

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