>>>>http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/14/us/14repubs.html?hp
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>>>>I especially like Newt preening as though he is the nominee (watch those buttons, fat boy, it looks like the last one is about to go) and the usual random black guy who no one recognizes off to the side.
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>>>>Barack Obama has had far from a perfect first term but he must be sleeping like a baby.
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>>>You should know that you wrote a terrible post when you made me agree with John B and Marcia...
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>>;-)
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>>It was not intended to be this provocative. It was an offhand observation. How many of us even knew who the guy is? I didn't. He is not a player and will not be the nominee. And that has nothing to do with race. He has no record and no recognition. It could have been some schlumpy white insurance salesman from Ohio in the same spot in the photo and my observation would have been the same.
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>>They say race is the third rail in American politics. How true.
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>I forget that you limit yourself to only certain news sources like the NYT. Herman Cain has been all over the news on CNN for the past few months....and in previous years as well but a lot lately.

Stand outside your local grocery store for 10 minutes and ask each person that walks in if they know who he is. Bet it's less than 1 in 50 and probably close to 1 in 100. Ask them if they know who Casey Anthony is and I bet is 49 out of 50.