Laura Ingraham To O’Reilly: ‘No One More Surprised By Cain’s Success Than Cain Himself’

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by Alex Alvarez | 9:34 pm, October 27th, 2011

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On The Factor Thursday, Bill O’Reilly took a look at Herman Cain‘s success, observing that the seasoned businessman has “taken supporters directly from Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry.” This is particularly unexpected given the fact that, according to a recent New York Times piece, Cain has a grand total of six paid staff members working in Iowa and New Hampshire combined.

O’Reilly also took a look at how Cain was faring in on a state-by-state level, noting that, for example, he was polling at only 13 percent in New Hampshire according to a new CNN/Time magazine poll, far behind Mitt Romney’s 40 percent. But Cain, O’Reilly noted, has a secret weapon… none other than Rick Perry. Perry, you see, has been steadily trying to undermine Cain’s big rival Romney, specifically by pointing out his tendency to “change his mind” on certain issues.

To discuss this further, O’Reilly brought on author and radio host Laura Ingraham. Ingraham noted that the aforementioned Time article — relying on mostly anonymous sources — indicated that Cain’s campaign was in trouble because it appears to be understaffed and disorganized. But “pretty much every campaign,” she said, “is going to encounter stories like this” because there will be always be a disgruntled staffer somewhere who wants to come forward and air his or her gripes to the media.

Interestingly, Ingraham theorized that no one is more surprised by Cain’s meteoric rise in the polls than Cain himself. O’Reilly didn’t seem to totally buy that as a reason for Cain’s staff’s small numbers and apparent lack of preparedness, noting that any candidate experiencing a rise like Cain’s will make sure he or she has enough staffers to lead an effective and organized campaign.

Watch the segment, from Fox News:

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Anonymous

Uh oh. And now Cain has more competition for the crazy vote. Apparently the “Burn a Koran” preacher has announced that he’s running for president. How are they going to fit them all into the clown car?

http://gawker.com/5853808/the-burn-a-koran-guy-is-running-for-president
Anonymous

Ingraham is just distraught that her candidate (Perry) is now a complete laughing stock. The poor oaf now wants to skip debates haha. Go Cain. Give them hell.
Moosenuts99

How about the toddler-like rules of the Cain campaign to their staffers: don’t speak unless spoken to.

HILARIOUS
Mencius

The GOP is trying to ignore Cain’s lead. Let’s hope he wins the nomination because the GOP will lose by a landslide if he does. Cain can’t articulate his own position, much less square off against a seasoned debater like Obama. Even if Romney wins, the GOP is still going to lose. It’s like George Will said, Romney would be another Mondale–a candidate his supporters are lukewarm about at best.
Anonymous

Jon Stewart called Romney the GOP’s safety school, which is pretty accurate.

He’s clearly the only one in that crowd with half a brain — excepting Huntsman — and while I agree with you that he’s got his work cut out for him if he gets the nomination, I wouldn’t write him off just yet. A lot can happen in a year.
qwerty

her candidate is romney
Anonymous

She supported him in 08, but she like all other conservatives are Perry people. They know Romney is a political windvane and waffles on issues. Even in this interview she was being very sympathetic to Perry.
Jeffy Teabagged

“[Uncle Ruckus] taken supporters directly from Michele Bachmann and Gov. Rick Perry.”

More BS spun by the Falafel king.

Hey, BILLDO!

gNOpig roaches move upward to the next babbling step, er, Mittens.

Go ahead and bring the staunch gNOpigs like mAnn, Krapshamsters, Turd Blossom, and G. Will, who ALL have admitted the logical and LOSING end to the gNOpig tragic comedy will be Mittens.

Then tell them they are WRONG. Then try to fill up your time slot with former comedians Beck and Miller.
Don’t forget Dick Morris.
Rufus Danegro

You are dead on about Romney. All the conservatives I know hate him and hate the idea of holding their nose to vote for him. The best thing that could happen for Obama is for a Romney nomination because conservatives will whine about “the media” picking their candidate.

It will be a blast.
Anonymous

No – Her candidate has always been Romney.
Rufus Danegro

Beat it retard.
Anonymous

Shush. You are hella annoying
Anonymous

And Obama’s directions to his staff: Berate any and all reporters who ask tough questions
BR

It will be a blast for you…………right up until the time that he beats Obama. Then it will be a blast for me.
Yukon Jack

A ‘seasoned debater’ can easily be defeated by a single, simple phrase.

Remember when the ‘seasoned debater’, Jimmy Carter was devastated by the ‘amiable dunce’ Ronald Reagan with “There you go, again”?

Remember when the ‘seasoned debater’, Walter Mondale was destroyed by the same ‘amiable dunce’ by reversing Mondale’s condescending reference to Reagan’s age?

Whoever the Republican nominee will be, we already know the new Jimmy and Walter.
TruDat

Love the liberal bigotry on display!

Don’t you love it when this self-proclaimed intellectual liberals who continually project their racism, bigotry, homophobia, and misogyny onto others accidentally let their true colors show? I do.
TruDat

Someone was talking about the mess Obama inhereted, and the other referred to that time as “the good old days”; that’s how bad things are under Obama.
One pissed off liberal

Thats pretty much the same thing Obama’s Campaign said do michelle after here gaffe a minute hatred oozed out during the primaries.

HILARIOUS……and then when I remember that clowns like you voted for him, seen him at the helm for three years, and still support him….that is SIDE SPLITTING HILARIOUS
One pissed off liberal

Not to mention it puts their 7th grade mentality on full display.

There really should be an IQ test before one votes….everyone below room temperature go away…that means you Jeffy!
Anonymous

‘Republican Party on the brink…’ Bill O’Reilly

They past that point of no return a long time ago.

Its a huge disservice to intelligent American voters.
Yukon Jack

What’s your problem!?

0bama already has all the crazy votes locked up.

Including yours.
Ironbolt Bruce

—–Original Message—–
From: Ironboltbruce
Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 4:10 PM
To: ‘oreilly@foxnews.com’
Subject: You have little to fear, Willie

You have little to fear, Willie,

I had the misfortune of watching your scripted exchange with Barbara Walters last night, and let me assure you:

1. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is not about decapitating talking heads like you. You are bought, sold and irrelevant.

2. Some OWS-ers may oppose capitalism per se, but most oppose only crony capitalism, a.k.a. socialism for the rich.

3. The ones who have something to fear are not pawns like you, Willie, but the real players in the Kleptocracy…

IronBoltBruce
http://ironboltbruce.com