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Here's a memo to aspiring presidents: You have to appeal to all your bases and only a conservative can do that. This is the easy bit, getting your party behind you. The tough part is getting everyone else to vote for you.

Some pundits are claiming Herman Cain's infant political career is over. But it's not because of his lack of experience or even his singing at a press conference. Instead because years-ago he may have said some politically incorrect things to women, which today count as sexual harassment.

The 2012 election will probably see Obama reelected mainly because there's no decent candidate to stand against him. Yet, the outcome will also indicate how sophisticated, unsophisticated or desperate the electorate is.