Herman Cain Makes His Presence Known In New Hampshire

Herman Cain, the first person to announce his intentions to seek the presidential nomination on the Republican ticket continues to impress folks. Last night the Americans for Prosperity in New Hampshire held a forum in which 5 alleged, or potential candidates were given a chance to give a short speech and then answer a couple of questions from the moderator. Granted this was friendly turf but by a wide margin Herman Cain won the night.

I watched the event streaming on the web and was waiting for videos to come out and now courtesy of The Other McCain I am able to get the video of Herman's speech.

A few quick comments on the others just from my seat on the other speakers.

Former governor Tim Pawlenty led off and was uninspiring while trying to draw distinctions between himself and Mitt Romney.

Rick Santorum was next and was all politician. A couple of buzz words and some catchy phrases designed to curry favor with the crowd but short on substance.

Mitt Romney was next and quickly went into his business credentials and was adequate in his presentation. Where Mitt got into trouble was when questioned on his health care legislation in Massachusetts now referred to as RomneyCare. He got a positive response when he said if Obama, who is constantly drawing comparisons to his plan had called him and asked him he would have told him not to do it. While that is good for a laugh it doesn't undo the harm done. He thereafter referred to RomneyCare as an experiment.

Then there was Herman. He was fiery and passionate and spoke with conviction, something none of the previous folks had done. He laid out his economic plans, which was the purpose of the forum to start with. As always you may or may not agree with all of his proposals but he has put his chips on the table and given a starting point to begin the negotiations. He quite literally stole the night and in so doing allowed folks to become acquainted with him since the regular talking heads and those in the media are ignoring him.

Last was Michele Bachman. First off she was unlucky to have to follow Herman, but secondly she then launched into a laundry list of stuff, all read off of notes prepared for her that quite simply had my eyes glazing over. She was putting out so much stuff that you couldn't keep up and if she had some good ideas they simply got lost in rapid fire delivery she employed.

So anyway enjoy the video of Mr Cain, truly the only one worth watching from last night.

First Official Republican Candidate For President in 2012

Herman Cain has officially announced he may seek the office of President of the United States, by announcing he has given the go ahead to form an exploratory committee.

Cain is best known for his role as President and CEO of Godfather's Pizza, Inc., where he led the company from the brink of bankruptcy to profitability in just 14 months. He has also served as an executive of other Fortune 500 Companies, such as Pillsbury and Burger King.

He served as chairman of the Federal Reserve in Kansas City, as well as the President and CEO of the National Restaurant Association. Cain was a senior economic adviser to the Dole/ Kemp presidential campaign in 1996.

Being a businessman Herman made his announcement on the Neal Cavuto show yesterday, and under gentle questioning answered the most likely round of shots that will be taken against him from the liberals.

E Harmony for political candidates

Having trouble deciding who to vote for? Can't figure out who the ideal match for you is? Take this little quiz consisting of 17 questions and let some anonymous computer program make the choice for you. In the interest of full disclosure here are my results.
78% John McCain
77% Mitt Romney
73% Fred Thompson
72% Mike Huckabee
71% Rudy Giuliani
69% Tom Tancredo
50% Ron Paul
44% Hillary Clinton
39% Bill Richardson
39% John Edwards
38% Joe Biden
37% Barack Obama
37% Chris Dodd
26% Mike Gravel
19% Dennis Kucinich

2008 Presidential Candidate Matching Quiz
I don't have a wide spread among the Republicans and my preferred choice is Fred Thompson, definitely not Mr Amnesty John McCain.
Hat tip to Uncle Jimbo over at my favorite milblog Blackfive.
While you are there read Jimbos take on the Iranian navy.

"Cringe infidels! Kneel before my puny pimped-out Boston Whaler. I spit on your aircraft carriers, your Tomahawk missiles, your PHALANX gatling gun from Hell." "Holy camel shite Mahmoud, not this freakin' close are you insane? Run Away! Run Away!"

Rough translation from Farsi.

JWF here.

Interesting. Here's how I stacked up.

91% Mitt Romney
87% Fred Thompson
84% Tom Tancredo
77% John McCain
71% Mike Huckabee
69% Ron Paul
62% Rudy Giuliani
36% Bill Richardson
27% Hillary Clinton
25% John Edwards
24% Chris Dodd
23% Barack Obama
22% Joe Biden
18% Mike Gravel
12% Dennis Kucinich