Why Is Herman Cain Leading in the Republican Polls?

Unlike Michele Bachmann and Ricky Perry and Mitt Romney, dag gonnit, people jest like him! (Check out the Washington Week podcast.)

I say it's about time we hire a CEO to run this country. Give him a big stock option worth millions, so when he completely screws things up we can fire him and he can buy his own island and afford to hire his own army to guard it. Everybody knows gov't would run so much better if it were run like a company. The CEO could hire and fire whomever he pleases without worryin' 'bout no stupid consensus. Why would you want your gov't to actually try to please people when it should just be doin' the right thing, which is what I want it to do, and to heck with you. Jest as long as we make lots of money so's the CEO can be paid enough to be a part of that top 1 percent.

A CEO, after all is going to look around to see what's unproductive; that is, doesn't bring in sufficient income, and order them to start making the company a profit are he'll close'm down.

Ooops! There goes the military. Our armed forces makes lots of money for the private sector, but they sure don't bring in much, and they're still the largest single part of the federal budget.