Herman Cain announced Saturday in Atlanta, GA that he would be ending his bid for the presidency.
After combating multiple accusations of extra-marital affairs, which he still maintains are false, Cain chose to drop out rather than continue with so many “distractions” surrounding his campaign. This was not the only questionable aspect of candidate Cain, however. His inability to answer general questions on the situation in Libya, as well as his lack of political experience left people wondering what the poll frontrunner would be like. But he’s not the only problem. What about the other Republican candidates? It seems as though the bid for 2012 has already gotten out of hand, and we still have 11 months until the general election.
Michele Bachmann believes that HPV vaccines cause mental retardation, Rick Perry does not know the names of some of the national government’s most important departments, and Newt Gingrich is facing accusations that he received up to $1.8 billion from connections to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Further more Mitt Romney has had a difficult time proving to conservatives that he is in fact, conservative himself, as he has shown to be very moderate. All the top candidates seem to have some sort of “problem,” yet they are still quite popular among voters.
Of course no candidate is going to appeal to everybody. The question is, how did this happen? Few of the presidential hopefuls seem to be taking this election seriously. Donald Trump is even going to be hosting a presidential debate, telling the Today Show‘s Matt Lauer that if the “right” candidate is not nominated, he’d consider running as an independent.
The 2012 election already seems to be more entertainment than news. We are still choosing the next leader of our country right? There seems to be some sort of drama surrounding everyone running. As we move even closer to the Iowa Caucus and the official start of the campaign season, it will be interesting to see how each candidate fares on the path to nomination.
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