Friday, October 14, 2011

IS HERMAN CAIN THE GOP FRONT RUNNER A FLAVOR FOR THE WEEK?

The sudden rise of Herman Cain from nothing to something is the biggest political miracle today in America and in the GOP's quest to capture the White House from Barack Obama in 2012. Herman Cain has no national name recognition in the American politics until few weeks ago with no visible political structures on the ground and lack of millions of dollars in his campaign coffers to run a strong and competitive race in the the early primary states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina that are too important for any serious-minded presidential hopeful in the GOP.

Herman Cain, the rising star has a very busy weekend with all the major American news media. He will be appearing on the following major cable networks this Sunday:Candy Crowley of CNN's "State of the Nation", Christiane Amanpour of the ABC's "This Week", Gregory David of the NBC's "Meet the Press" and Chris Wallace of the "Fox News Sunday". This weekend appearances will be one of the greatest opportunities for Herman Cain the rising star of the GOP to sell his candidature to all American voters. The press will also succeed in scrutinizing his background, his political philosophy and his controversial tax code system known as the 9-9-9.

Polls that came out today in the GOP's critical states of Florida and South Carolina put Herman Cain ahead of all his rivals. Herman Cain's campaign coffers have also started to attract donors and more money. Herman Cain has also started to expand the number of his political staff and his political campaign offices in the critical states of Iowa and New Hampshire in preparation for the GOP's presidential primaries slated for early next year.

The two biggest obstacles to Herman Cain presidential ambition in the GOP are (i) Raising enough money to state competitive in the race in all the important primaries states and (ii) Herman Cain's highly controversial new tax code system of 9-9-9 (9% personal tax, 9% national sales tax and 9% corporate tax) which will be the most radical tax reform ever known in America today as well the highest practical transfer of wealth from the poor and the middle class Americans to the wealthy and the corporations.

Today, 80% of American in both Democratic and the Republican Parties support more taxes for the top 1% richest Americans and the corporations. Protesters behind the "Occupy Wall Street" are all fighting against corporate greed and the unfair tax systems in America that favors the rich and the corporations. Herman Cain remains the only unifying force in the highly divided and ideological polarised Republican Party for now.

Is Herman Cain going to be a flavor for a moment or he has come to stay as the possible GOP nominee in 2012 who will slug it out with Barack Obama? Is the presidential race in 2012 going to be a major history making between these two black American politicians or not? As for now, Herman Cain remains the rising star of the GOP. How far he will go is left fully for the events of the next few weeks in the highly slippery and unpredictable American presidential politics. Time is the only determinant of what will become of Herman Cain as we prepare for the 2012 presidential politics and elections.

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