(ThyBlackMan.com) Herman Cain just announced his candidacy for President of the United States. I have a few fleeting thoughts about Cain and his chances of becoming the next president. While Cain’s chances of being president are about as great as mine, we must remember that there was a time when no one believed in a guy named Barack Obama. My thoughts (which I shared with my Facebook friends) are below:
-Call me crazy, but I think Herman Cain will emerge as a dangerous candidate. He is a Morehouse man, and nearly every black family in America has that conservative uncle/aunt/mama/grandmother/father who thinks that liberal issues are crazy. Ironically, Cain will lead many to reconsider what it means to be a black man/woman in American politics. He can’t simply be written off as an Uncle Tom.
-What’s interesting to me is that I have several middle class, southern baptist members of my family who would respond well to Cain’s message. 
They don’t want higher taxes, they hate healthcare reform, they want law and order, are against abortion, don’t care much for social programs (especially welfare) and can’t stand gay people…….the black community has a whole gang of closet and confused conservative.
-We have to remember that Cain’s chances of winning are not much less than Obama’s chances when he first announced he was running. There was a Saturday Night Live skit shown at that time, which effectively assumed that the election belonged to Hillary and that Barack was “cute” for thinking that he had a chance. As Obama showed us, a lot can change during an election.
– If I were Cain’s campaign manager, I would show him videos of Colin Powell and say, “act like that guy.” Colin appealed well to everyone.
Staff Writer; Dr. Boyce Watkins
Dr. Boyce Watkins is the founder of the Your Black World Coalition. For more information, please visit http://BoyceWatkins.com.
