"Time will tell..."

As much as I would love for Rick Perry to be the Republican nominee for president, I have a feeling that it will be Herman Cain. Don't get me wrong, I like Herman Cain, and think he would make a wonderful president, it's just that Rick Perry would be a fabulous captain for our ship, and would turn this economy around quicker than anyone can.

No, I think it will be Cain because this country still has a race problem, and how better to deal with it than to have 2 black men running against each other, both polar opposites. Because, you see, if anyone other than Cain is the nominee, we will be inundated with cries of racism non-stop at a non-black. Cain worked himself up through the ranks instead of Obama, the invisible man until he broke on the scene a few years ago. Cain is a simple man and America seems to want simple talk right now. No more tricks. No more bait and switch. No more "pass the bill so we can read it." No more Tarp. Or Stimulus 1. Or Stimulus 2. He has a 9-9-9 program that is easy to understand, and with our dumbed down citizens, it's what makes sense. Romney seems too slick. Perry cannot speak well. Bachmann seems too emotional. Paul seems eccentric. Santorum cannot connect. Newt is sharp, but over most people's heads and unrelatable. Conservatives want someone who can debate Obama and beat the pants off of him. We secretly want him/her to be able to 'bring it' to the current president, and be as sharp as Rush Limbaugh, remembering every detail to date. Because most of us are too busy in our lives and our jobs and our families and our stresses to have time to pay close attention to detail. Our candidate will have to be passionate, and have a burning desire to 'save' this country, because that's where we're at. We have people like Glenn Beck telling us to have cash ready and food set aside for a huge crisis, and most of us switch the channel because it's too hard to hear. We know it could happen, but when you're middle class, there's nothing you can really do. It's like Y2k, how could you really prepare for a total meltdown??

Anyway. Cain is passionate. And simple. Yet smart enough to have run a large corporation. He's not a politician and that's completely refreshing. So, can he 'bring it' to Obama??

Time will tell...