November 2011

"I know that's a novel idea. And sometimes, I have to stop and gather my thoughts," Cain said.

"The people that get on the Cain train, they don't get off because of that crap," he said. "Who knows every detail of every country on the planet? Nobody!"

Sure no one knows "every detail of every country on the planet", but the fact that Cain is now equating Libya to say Swaziland proves he has no idea on the world or even events that happened in the past year.

Again - Libya was a major conflict the United States was involved in and one that drew a lot of different opinions throughout the political world. I don't need to tell you that, but apparently someone should inform the Pizza Man of this!

CBS News, also citing unnamed sources, reports they say "Ortega-Hernandez was not on the radar of the Secret Service before Friday's shooting. But investigators believe he may have targeted the White House due to a hatred of President Obama."

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In Idaho Falls, LocalNews8.com reports that a local computer consultant, Monte McCall, says he spoke with Ortega-Hernandez in July and that the young man referred to President Obama as "the antichrist."

As I pointed out yesterday, Michelle Malkin quickly said that the left would blame the Tea Party, but in fact it was the right trying to associate this man as part of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Now that we are learning more about the man, it appears his thinking is more aligned with America's right than left. The "antichrist" meme we started hearing during the 2008 elections from the right. Numerous religious leaders and Republican activists tried to make President Obama out to be the antichrist.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign fundraising has gone into a tailspin as a result of poor debate performances and plunging poll numbers, jeopardizing his position as the best-funded Republican presidential candidate of 2012.

Perry’s associates and supporters say his campaign has redoubled its money-­raising efforts in the past week to ensure that his campaign will have enough money to survive the first three contests of the 2012 election calendar: Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

But Perry’s loyal backers are running into resistance from Republican donors. One Perry fundraiser, who asked not to be named, said he received 15 RSVPs for a recent event from potential donors saying they might attend. But after a gaffe-marred Perry debate performance, none showed up.

“The debates have taken a toll,” the fundraiser said. “The national numbers have taken a toll. People see the campaign on a negative trajectory.”

(emphasis added)

Political donors want to back a winner and for some reason the only group that ever saw Rick Perry as a winner was the media. Before he ever entered the race the media proclaimed him the front runner. It didn't take long for that fad the fade into oblivion and now Rick Perry has become another punchline in a growing field of GOP jokes, running to be the next leader of our country.

Herman, oh Herman. It appears that you are now frightened of the news cameras. Gee, I wonder why?

If Herman Cain stumbles on a foreign policy question during Thursday’s scheduled editorial board meeting with New Hampshire's influential Union Leader newspaper -- as he did earlier this week when asked about President Obama's handling of Libya -- don't expect to see the clip on an endless cable news loop.

That's because Cain campaign has requested that the sit-down not be videotaped. And now, a scheduling matter puts the entire 10 a.m. interview in jeopardy.

Union Leader publisher Joe McQuaid told The Huffington Post that "no reason was given" and that he "was a bit surprised" by the no-camera request. So far, Mitt Romney, Rick Perry and Rick Santorum have all met with the Union Leader and allowed C-SPAN to tape the newspaper interviews for broadcast.

When asked about the request, Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon told The Huffington Post that "video cameras are optional at Ed Boards and we decided not to pursue that option." Gordon added that "the interview is at a newspaper, not a TV station."

We expect a President to be a quick thinker. We learned about it in 2008 with the 3am ad. Last night I decided to have some fun with that ad:

We have had two different front runners for the GOP field experience their "red phone" moment and they both have failed miserably. Herman Cain and Rick Perry have now both tried the "run and hide" method to prevent any future gaffs. The problem is that these gaffs also exemplify the very reason neither man is suited to hold the office of President of the United States. The GOP just best suck it up and realize they need to go with Mitt.