Is Herman Cain the Next Ronald Reagan?

Opinion
Is Herman Cain the Next Ronald Reagan?

By Charles W. Dunn

Published October 18, 2011

| FoxNews.com


Herman Cain is rising in the polls because he is more like Ronald Reagan than any other candidate. Increasingly, Republicans seem to see in Cain the nearest reincarnation or resurrection of Reagan. The more he looks like Reagan, the more Republicans like him.

When Cain speaks, people listen; just as they did with Reagan, who spoke with authenticity, integrity, and charisma, traits found in Cain. During recent GOP debates, Cain significantly exceeded expectations, even winning post-debate straw polls among Republican leaders in South Carolina and Florida. Reagan did much the same, jumping over a low bar of expectation during the 1980 Republican primaries.

Cain possesses the Reaganesque ability to “turn a phrase,” causing people to stop and think. Cain’s “9 - 9 - 9” economic plan, for example, has captured the attention of friend and foe alike. It is the economic piece de resistance plan on the campaign trail. Mitt Romney’s proposal may be more intellectually crafted, but the street-smart Cain captures the public’s attention with “9- 9 - 9

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He can turn a phrase...but the world wants to know can he turn a door knob so he can come inside when it's raining...?

I thought Rick Perry was the next Ronald Reagan.

Or is Perry the next George Bush?

You guys change favorites so much it's hard to keep up.

LadyJazzer wrote: He can turn a phrase...but the world wants to know can he turn a door knob so he can come inside when it's raining...?

Hello kettle said the pot rofllol

Herb's got alzheimers?

http://thinkprogress.org/security/2011/ ... n-soldier/

Today on CNN, host Wolf Blitzer asked now-GOP frontrunner Herman Cain — who’s not exactly a student of foreign policy — if he thought Netanyahu made the right choice. While Cain said he doesn’t know all the facts of the case, he said, “On the surface, you would say ‘one for hundreds, doesn’t make any sense.’” Blitzer then asked if he’d make a similar deal if he were president, and Cain said he would:
BLITZER: Could you imagine if you were president…and there were one American soldier who had been held for years and the demand was al Qaeda or some other terrorist group, “You got to free everyone at Guantanamo Bay” – several hundred prisoners at Guantanamo. Could you see yourself as president authorizing that kind of transfer?
CAIN: I could see myself authorizing that kind of transfer but what I would do is I would make sure that I got all of the information. I got all of the input, considered all of the options. And then, the president has to be the president and make a judgment call. I can make that call if I had to.

Here I thought that the Republicans were supposed to be the ones that are hard on terrorists. This guy's an idiot! How many servicemen died to put those prisoners in Gitmo? He would throw away their sacrifice for a single soldier? He's simply not fit to be a leader.

I really didn't expect you flaming Liberals to have anything positive to say about Cain, or heck, anyone else that doesn't toe the DNC party line, so no surprise there.

Monkeypoop:

By your words therefore, Netanyahu is not fit to lead Israel, is he?

No, I believe he just opened the door to repeated attacks and kidnappings of his own people. It was stupid. Hamas has already put out the word to kidnap Israeli soldiers.

After watching tonight's debate, I think Cain should be the clear Republican choice.

How's that for positive?

LOL - Newt's the only adult in that room and he doesn't have a chance.