Day-by-Day, America is Meeting Herman Cain

Despite long odds and the media doing its level best to ignore him, slowly but surely America is beginning to be able to answer the question: Who is Herman Cain? 

On the weekly Gallup poll of GOP Top Contenders, Herman Cain continues to lead all others in what they call their "Positive Intensity Score" which is defined as the percentage of respondents with a strongly positive opinion minus the percentage of respondents with a strongly negative opinion, based only on those respondents who recognize the candidate.  It's an interesting interactive website that is worth looking at from time-to-time at http://www.gallup.com/poll/election.aspx .

It is significant to note that while all the other candidates (plus one might-be candidate, Sarah Palin) have some who hold strongly positive opinions of them and others who hold varying levels of strongly negative opinions, one lone candidate has something the others can only wish for - an entire base of folks who, if they've learned enough about him to recognize his name, hold a strongly positive opinion of him!

That man is none other than Herman Cain.  Said another way, everyone who knows something about him, likes him and they like him a lot!  By contrast, newly-announced candidate Michele Bachmann saw her Positive Intensity Score fall 4 points (from 24% down to 20%) in the week she placed herself in the running for the GOP nomination.

Gaining Ground In Recognition As Well

Perhaps even more encouraging for Herman Cain followers however is the fact that he is also gaining ground in terms of recognition by the general public.  Since his name first appeared in the poll back in March (when only 21% of the respondents knew anything about him), he is now known by 48% of those polled by the Gallup organization.  This must be good news for everyone who hopes this accomplished gentleman from Georgia can bring his proven leadership skills to a nation that continues to pay for the price daily for the policies and decisions its leaders have inflicted on America's once vibrant economy.

There must none-the-less be hope however.  Why even today, the Los Angeles Times itself referred to Herman Cain in its headline as "the 'Common Sense' Republican Candidate."  Clearly, that sounds like an endorsement to me.  Comment and tell me what you think it means...  

Herman Cain is poised to distinguish himelf from the others

According to Keith Koffler, who dutifully follows such things for us (www.whitehosedossier.com), President Obama apparently blew off the balance of a family weekend birthday celebration for one of his daughters in favor of playing yet another round of golf.  Although it’s his 11^th consecutive golf weekend, this may be a marginally more critical practice session in front of his upcoming Golf Summit next weekend pitting POTUS and Joe Biden against House Speaker John Boehner and his partner, Ohio Governor John Kasich.

As important as this surely is, there are more exciting things afoot up in New Hampshire.  The Granite State you see is hosting seven announced or likely-to-announce presidential candidates for the New Hampshire GOP Debate on the campus of Saint Anselm College tomorrow evening.  This is the first debate event that includes the so-called “front runners” in addition to those the media has seen fit to largely ignore up to this point.  Most discounted by most of the media pundits so far has been businessman Herman Cain who continues to impress virtually everyone whenever they have the opportunity to hear or see him. 

Earlier today, Mr. Cain greeted local followers and signed autographs at a thoroughly packed-out Sal’s Pizza in Manchester.  Then later he spoke at the Hillsborough County GOP picnic.  While some of the other participants are bringing their own baggage to the debate, Cain is well poised to present himself as a true outsider with both the leadership record and the skills to not only win the GOP nomination but also to present a clear alternative to the abject failures of the Obama administration. 

The debate will air live from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET on CNN who (along with WMUR and the New Hampshire Union Leader) is sponsoring the event.  I, for one, am looking forward to seeing how each does in this early side-by-side live comparison.  Watch it with me and then come back and tell me how you think each of them did.  I welcome your comments!