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Originally Posted by Ron Bennett
About 90% of all voters in 2008 who identify themselves as "black" voted for Obama; many acknowledging the main reason being his skin color.
People who control the money tend to prefer Republicans, and with the current Republican candidates looking so weak, it makes sense they'd suddenly vault a lesser known "black" candidate Herman Cain into the party nomination mix as a hedge in case the other Republican nominees don't pan out.
The "black" vote, while less significant these days, is still sizable ... as of now, Obama, assuming he runs again, will likely garner much of that vote - of the current crop of potential GOP nominees, only Cain has a shot of significantly cutting into Obama's "black" vote margin.
In short, Herman Cain is a smart hedge by the GOP; the power-elite who ultimately influences who gets to run for President ... as Ross Perot found out the hard way - read up on how his campaign was derailed when it appeared he could potentially win over the "selected" major party candidates.
Ron
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the "many" (as you put it) black people who voted for Obama based on his skin color aren't going to vote for Cain. maybe they would have before he started with his recent tirades of against black democrats, coupled with the underhanded jabs about 'slavery' and 'plantations.' the others who voted for obama for other reasons are either too smart to not see through this clown, or too dedicated to the democratic party to vote republican
of the 10% of black people that didn't vote for obama, i'd guess that some of them may fall into the descriptions above, or they will vote for cain because they hate obama and/or are much like herman cain themselves
= cain has no shot at making any noticeable dent in the black vote
he's merely a handpuppet of the the republicans and sideshow act to keep the press entertained with all of his anti-black rants, cause the GOP can't (won't) say the things he can get away with saying.
