Herman Cain is a former successful CEO of Godfather's Pizza and is intelligent and highly educated. Cain sounds like a politician, however he has never held political office in his life. His lack of experience would be viciously attacked if nominated to run for president, however it extinguishes the possibility of former political decisions coming to haunt him in the campaign. With his 9-9-9 tax plan, Cain is a confident fiscal conservative, promising to lower taxes across the board and build up the corporate sector in the United States. Will he be able to achieve this goal with little experience in the political realm? These kinds of questions leave some Republicans skeptical of Cain - thinking perhaps his policies are good in theory, but not applicable in the reality of our current political situation.
Rick Perry, the governor of Texas boasts strong job growth and economic development within the state of Texas during his time as governor. However liberals and conservatives alike are attacking his statistics, discovering many of the jobs created in Texas during his governorship were incredibly low paying, often given to illegal immigrants and were temporary positions, not permanent job creation. Perry has also failed to present himself well on the debate front, and is even considering not being present at future debates, according to one of his staffers. Perry's real stronghold to date is his social agenda, though often not discussed. Perry gives the evangelical voters a taste of the social conservatism they have been missing in the U.S. government for some time. This social conservative feature is the only thing Perry has to stick out from the rest of the pack - a pack that is more eloquent, mild mannered and better presented than he.
Theoretically, voters like to create an ideal candidate, and Perry and Cain put together seems to be a common idea. Take the fiscal conservative policy of Cain and pair it up with experience and name recognition as well as a social conservative aspect. However, one could say that such a candidate already exists. Mitt Romney, former Massachusetts governor, has experience in political office. Massachusetts did extremely well under Romney's leadership - a point he still brings to the table in the 2012 election. Romney was also the CEO for Staples, the office supply retailer. Under his leadership the company grew and flourished in profits. In Romney, experience can be matched with Perry, and the businessman experience can trump Cain. Romney is theoretically, a meshed version of Cain and Perry, minus a clear socially conservative agenda. However what voters need to weigh in this primary, is how important social issues really are in this election.
Social issues can not be the main event in the 2012 primary. Why? Because social issues are not the main concern of the general public and won't be the primary concern of the 2012 general election. Voters need to realize that the real issue in this primary, is to find the most fiscally conservative candidate that has enough leadership and experience to be able to fill the office of president. Romney trumps all other candidates when one considers the race in these terms. Romney was a successful CEO, a successful governor, has experience in the national spotlight and most importantly is capable and not afraid to take on Obama. Romney is the key to winning not only the White House, but leading a Republican initiative throughout U.S. politics starting in 2012. Romney can be the leader of a huge conservative backlash movement against the incoherent liberal policies of Obama's administration and under the leadership of Senator Harry Reid and the previous House of Representatives under Congresswoman Pelosi. Romney is the tested and most promising economic leader in this race, and conservatives need to understand the real issue here, the economy.
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