Courting his "base" does nothing until the Primaries. Until delegates are appointed, all this is just posturing and drama for the masses. Theater, and not particularly good theater. Hells, not even with some Junior Mints and Dr. Pepper in hand to make it any more palatable...

In before the democrats are blamed for this. Whether they are trolls or not, who can tell but if it was the dems, they dropped the ball by not waiting for him to get the nomination.

I Am The Egg Matt Drudge Smears Upon His Body: Did I hear it right with Bachmann calling him "Kermit"?

Candidate Kermit Hain, yes.

FTFA: Gingrich, the former House speaker from Georgia, has so far been the biggest beneficiary of Cain's slide. A Des Moines Register poll conducted Nov. 27-30 and released late Saturday found the former House speaker leading the GOP field with 25 percent support, ahead of Paul at 18 percent and Romney at 16. A separate NBC News/Marist poll showed Gingrich beating Romney, 26 percent to 18 percent, among Republican caucus attendees in Iowa.

I can't wait for the illustrious winner of the Iowa Caucus to join the ranks of other Iowa Caucus winners, like President Harkin and President Gephardt, as well as Presidents Huckabee and Dole.

I still don't understand why he had to quit over an affair. The fact that Newt Gingrich is now the front runner proves, beyond any doubt, that the Republican party has completely abandoned any notion of supporting family values.

imapirate: I still don't understand why he had to quit over an affair. The fact that Newt Gingrich is now the front runner proves, beyond any doubt, that the Republican party has completely abandoned any notion of supporting family values.

Maybe he has more skeletons in his closet. Figuratively or otherwise.

You'll note that Huntsman is only mentioned once in TFA, and that's only in conjunction with some kind of "forum."

Next up - the RNC decides to double down and starts running Crazy Eddie like commercials:

OUR CANDIDATES ARE IN-SANE!

hubiestubert: Hells, not even with some Junior Mints and Dr. Pepper in hand to make it any more palatable...

mmm.... tastes like Star Trek II....

xanadian: hubiestubert: Hells, not even with some Junior Mints and Dr. Pepper in hand to make it any more palatable...

mmm.... tastes like Star Trek II....

...

CAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIN!!!1!

sprawl15: xanadian: You'll note that Huntsman is only mentioned once in TFA, and that's only in conjunction with some kind of "forum."

Huntsman's campaign now has an internet forum. It has three users.

Did his daughters at least pick clever user names?

Why do they cut and run?

imapirate: I still don't understand why he had to quit over an affair. The fact that Newt Gingrich is now the front runner proves, beyond any doubt, that the Republican party has completely abandoned any notion of supporting family values.



Cain wasn't a serious candidate. I think him being the frontrunner seriously confused the hell out of him. This scandal was probably a good excuse as any to bow out. that said, it is odd that this did him in while his positions did not. I for one was looking forward to watching people go through mental gymnastic while trying to defend Cain's positions.

Corvus: hubiestubert: Courting his "base" does nothing until the Primaries. Until delegates are appointed, all this is just posturing and drama for the masses. Theater, and not particularly good theater. Hells, not even with some Junior Mints and Dr. Pepper in hand to make it any more palatable...

Trying to get voters to vote for you, you label as "political theater". Isn't it the whole point of campaigns?

It is this far out. It's nothing but posturing for the masses to make them feel important enough to be wooed, when no one really gives a rat's butt about who they vote for, because the folks who would vote for Cain? They won't vote for Obama. They won't for an Independent either. They are party loyalists to the end, and thus, courting them doesn't really matter, save to make a show of it.

It's nothing but theater. The real decision will be behind closed doors at the Convention.

As usual.

whidbey: Why is this considered a "suspension?" Is there some sort of hope that he's going to pick it up again?

It allows those attached to his campaign to still draw paychecks, and it allows them to continue taking in dollars that can be cast around. Cain's entire campaign is a grand money laundering scheme in the end.

Philip Francis Queeg: whidbey: Why is this considered a "suspension?" Is there some sort of hope that he's going to pick it up again?

It's so he can keep raising money.

I realize that people who donate(d) money to Herman Cain's campaign aren't the best and brightest but is anyone really going to donate to a suspended campaign?

mark.jms: HighOnCraic: monoski: HighOnCraic: monoski: HighOnCraic: monoski: "Meanwhile, last-place rival Rick Santorum predicted he now had a good chance of winning the Iowa caucus."

I was not even sure who this guy was so I googled him - gross

Santorum is slick enough to come from behind and win. He will take every opportunity to smear his opponents. He doesn't give a shiat about sliding in and out of tight circumstances, because he's been in sticky situations before.

I am sure there is a sticky mess in his past we have not heard about yet.

But he has a frothy mixture of strengh and determination; even though things are looking kinda shiatty for him now, he could spurt ahead any day now.

Or he could just fade to brown

True, there's always a chance some sordid scandal will leak out.

PLus, you know, he's a brilliant political operative. Just when you've counted him out, he'll sneak in, mounting an offensive from the back door.

I don't care how he wins it. I just want to see someone with a sound fecal policy in the White House.