David Axelrod: Herman Cain not a serious contender
Despite the attention suddenly being heaped on the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, Axelrod said Cain was not going to be a top-tier contender in the 2012 election.
“I think, when you look at the resources and when you look at the standing, that Perry and Romney are likely to be duking it out at some point here,” said Axlerod.
Cain’s candidacy has surged in the past month. In September, he won a Florida GOP straw poll. Last Thursday, a NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found Cain leading the pack with 27 percent support, compared with only 23 percent for Mitt Romney.
But Axlerod implied that Romney was the candidate the White House is taking most seriously — steering the conversation back to the former Massachusetts governor’s weaknesses.
“He has a history going back 20 years when he was a moderate to liberal Republican in Massachusetts: pro choice, pro-gay rights, pro-environmental protection, obviously pro-health reform,” said Axlerod. “He was anti-Ronald Reagan, said he was an independent during the Reagan years, and now he’s done a 180 on all those things.”
Man, if that isn’t a mixed message. “We think RINO Mitt Romney will be the nominee.”
BTW – Four years ago Axelrove would have screamed racism if someone had suggested that the only black guy on the ballot wasn’t a serious contender.
The Crawdad Hole 
Whaaaaaat? Is Axelrove calling not just Cain’s position on one issue, but his entire candidacy a….
a….
a….
fairytale?????
RAAAAAAACIIIIIIISSSSSTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It’s never a “serious” candidate when that candidate is beating your guy? And has virtually no name recognition? Hmmm, hmmm, hmmmm. Gobama!
*popcorn*
I don’t think Obama is a serious candidate. 🙂
LOL!
Cain is kicking ass in the racist racist south that’s full of nothing but confederate teabaggers.
BTW, SC is also the state that just elected an Indian woman governor and a black congressman who kicked the ass of Strom Thurmond’s grandson in the primary.
That’s some mighty deep cover for their indisputable racism they got goin’ there.
Cain doesn’t have enough money is one thing….that is the same argument they used against Jerry, cell phone, Brown’s presidential run.
But he doesn’t have enough standing? Standing on what? The backs of people who put in the effort that Obama always takes credit for?
Cain has actually worked hard and achieved his goals. Obama has been standing there but none of his job titles have provided the political juice that Axelrod is implying.
Cain would've accomplished a lot more in those very same political positions. Axelrod should stay away from such comparisons. Besides being offensive and contradicting their message of Obama being an outsider fighting the good fight. It opens up a huge flank for Obama.
It is simply a losing battle when comparing Obama's accomplishments to Cain's.
In fairness, it is a losing battle to compare Obama’s accomplishments to my cat’s, who has killed quite a few rats and, on two occasions, brought home live birds* during his heyday (i.e, when he was indoor/outdoor the first 5 years I had him; he’s indoor only now).
*The birds weren’t hurt; I set them free.
LOL!
http://www.mediabistro.com/tvspy/harry-belafonte-sleeps-during-kbak-kbfx-interview_b25512
Okay, I said this in an earlier thread this morning, predicting how the OWS would be spun to favor Obama:
Now suddenly the Hill has this:
Woohoo! The band is getting back together!
Oddly enough, Democrats excited about OWS now less critical of Obama
Told ya.
http://thehill.com/homenews/news/187835-left-finds-its-mojo
How unexpected.
🙄
Aaaaaand the message goes out and all the loyal journolisters and media lapdogs jump on board! Watch it come, now. Word has gone out that it’s time to start pushing this. Expect more – they all got their phone calls and emails. David Gregory on NBC, regarding OWS:
http://zombiegazette.com/2011/10/17/nbc-ows-dovetail-nicely-obamas-message/
But…but…but…we’re APOLITICAL!
No, you’re a useful idiot getting used, just as we predicted you would be unless you help Obama accountable and HARD from the get-go.
From vast-left:
http://vastleft.blogspot.com/2011/10/co-opt-much.html
tweety sez
A FB “friend” of mine is actually all offended by the “ignorance” of people saying “THIS person is voting Obama out of a job” because, you see, that’s not how voting “works”– you vote for another candidate, and you can impeach a POTUS, but you don’t vote FOR a POTUS to be “out of the job.” She’s responding with the oh-so-clever “THIS person UNDERSTANDS how voting works” because using your powers of condescension is *always* the way to best way to persuade someone they are wrong.
This is the same person who was yelling that W needed to be voted out, btw, so her feigning ignorance as to the common expression to “vote the bums out” especially amusing.
Wow, some people are really grasping for things to be offended about. 😀
votermom — yep, it’s hilarious. And, of course, she’s also mentioned it’s only because Obama is BLACK. I so want to post (but I don’t discuss politics on FB): then what was the problem with W?
I’m shocked, shocked I tell you.
LOLz….Herman Cain sings Lennon, Imagine there is no pizza….:D
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/10/17/finally-herman-cain-sings-john-lennon-songs-about-pizza/
I was just going to post that in the newer thread!