Anyone else think Herman Cain could be the end of the modern Republican Party?

[jsamuel]

Let's just assume he won the nomination. How is not important for the sake of this discussion. What would be the effects?

1. Republicans might think they actually have a chance at picking up some black people by association. However, their incorrect assumption, that black people are too stupid to know better, is wrong. In my opinion, I think that black voters would come out in droves to support Obama. While there may be a 1 to 4 percent shift to Cain compared to a white Republican, that won't be enough to win them anything.

2. White racists would stay home. This is the part they aren't thinking about much, but it would decimate the white vote. Reliable Republican voters would either not vote, vote third party, or have to actually choose based on the issues rather than race. None of those will help them.

In my opinion, this would lead to the slaughter of the Republican Party, ending the ability to dominate the south and rewrite the politics of the US since the Civil Rights Era.

Democrats, will you vote for Cain in the Republican primaries? Can we do it? Is that desirable?

[jsamuel]

1. Am I off base here?

[Edweird]

2. Was a loss by McCain "the end of the modern republican party"?

No.

[jsamuel]

3. No, but that is not what I am saying here.

I am not saying Cain's loss is the problem for them, it is Cain's candidacy that would be the problem for them.