Singing Cain

Many of the GOP candidates are going to Iowa, South Carolina, and New Hampshire but Herman Cain did something a little different. Earlier this week on Friday Cain spoke at a tea party at a town in West Tennessee. While on stage the generator that powered the sound system shut down. Cain stood there awkwardly for a few seconds and then broke out into song! The unexpected performance was a hit with the crowd. He belt out the song “Impossible Dream.” When I saw the video of him singing I was surprised at how good he was. His rich baritone voice, which he apparently used to use in his church choir, dazzled the crowd. When he finished his little number Cain then said, "You know, when it's your rally, you can do what you want to do!" The few hundred supporters laughed and shrieked with approval.

            It was not the first time Cain has song for a crowd. At the straw poll in Ames, Iowa, he sang “I Must Tell Jesus” to recorded music. As I mentioned he sung in his church choir where he also is an associate minister at the Antioch Baptist church, where he has been a member since he was just ten years old. Cain also recorded an album of gospel songs in 1996. We definitely don’t need a president who can sing but what is does say about Cain is that he can connect with an audience, something that has been and will keep being a way for him to win over voters. Cain certainly has charm on his side. Even the polls show that Cain is the most likeable candidate. Cain has created this everyday man image for himself and I think people really relate to that. Jimmy Hoppers, a 60-year-old physician from Jackson said that Cain is the most like him. He said, "He's run a business and paid the bills. He's authentic." Another man, a truck driver James said, “He doesn’t talk down to you. I think he gets the working man.” Cain knows what it means to work hard and build something out of nothing. I think people see him as someone who can really help and build up our economy. Cain would his common sense and business skills to Washington.

            Not everyone is so thrilled with Cain and his policies. People have actually called him racist and an “Oreo” for abandoning the “Democrat plantation.” This is just the most ridiculous thing I have heard. Many liberals have been picking on Cain because he is a black conservative. How does that make him racist?! He and any other person no matter their race should be able to use their own mind and decide what party they want to identify or not identify with. It is just ludicrous to me what some democrats have been saying about Cain. But I think all these remarks just make Cain look better. He responds to the comments but he doesn’t let the race issue take over. He is always stressing his business 9-9-9 plan tax plan, which he believes will fix the economic downfall in our country. Cain said, "Politicians put together things that will pass. Businessmen put together plans that solve the problems.” I certainly hope that’s what he will do.