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Dear
Herman Cain
Posted by Erick Erickson
Thursday, November 10th
Herman,
I
owe you a good bit of my present
career in radio. You leaving opened the door for me.
I
still believe you can win the
Republican nomination.
I
still believe you can beat Barack
Obama.
I
still believe you can be one of the
most inspiring Presidents since Ronald Reagan.
The
Herman Cain I know would not and
could not do what you are accused of. And I know it is incredibly
unfair to ask
you, in effect,to prove a negative. How the hell does one prove one did
not do
something?
But
Herman, part of your refreshing
appeal is your willingness to say things like “I don’t know” and “I’ll
surround
myself with the best people who do know.”
It
is abundantly obvious to a lot of
us Herman that you are not living up to your own words. You said you
would
surround yourself with the best people — the competent people to help
you.
Last
week, J.D. Gordon had a
disastrous performance on a Blackberry on Geraldo’s show. His
performance set
the tone for the Monday news shows, all of which pointed out that your
own
communications vice president would not deny the story.
Then
Mark Block went on TV to blame
Curt Anderson only to walk it back the next day.
This
week, Mark Block again went on
TV, said he had verified the identify of a reporter as the son of your
accuser,
and got it totally wrong. But he said it was verified. It was a lie.
Herman,
you said you’d surround
yourself with the best people and you’ve surrounded yourself with Class
A
failures. The problems you are facing are problems of campaign
staffing. You’ve
failed to live up to your own standard of hiring the best people.
I
still believe you can win. But to do
so, you must fire your staff and start over. It is the only way forward
for
you. This communications strategy has been an unmitigated disaster. And
if this
story doesn’t kill your campaign, the one about Mark Block initially
running
your campaign through a 501(c)(3) surely will.
Herman,
you must reboot for victory.
Your
friend,
Erick
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