It looks like Rick Perry's chance of becoming president has, to put it metaphorically, spun out of control on the winding mountain road of Republican debates, broken through the railings of simple questions that wouldn't stump a door stop, and tumbled down the canyon of passing public interest. Whereupon, hitting the bottom, it has burst into flames and blown up.
This is a pity, because I had hoped to squeeze fun out of Rick Perry down the road. It looks like I waited too long, and he's already dry as charcoal and as unsqueezable.
I don't want that to happen again. So, as there are signs that Herman Cain's campaign is about to be done and served up to history and, as this column has to be in early owing to Veteran's Day happening on my usual deadline, let's talk about Herman Cain.
Let's start by getting one thing out of the way. I do not disagree 100 percent with everything Herman Cain has ever said. For example, when Mr. Cain said, "A poet once said, 'Life can be a challenge, life can seem impossible, but it's never easy when there's so much on the line,'?" a lot of people made a big deal about the fact that those words were a line from a Donna Summer song that became the theme song for "Pok