LOL, Speech writer. Yea, I'm sure Cain has speech writers.:roll:
It would not surprise me that he does not have someone writing his speeches given the way he spoke. What I am saying is he probably ought to look into hiring someone who can help him better express his views for public events such as these.
For, his couple of bad habits (I don't know what you mean) and I don't believe they would need "fixed"
One of the bad habits I noticed is he repeats himself. For example, he will say something like, "Right now, we have start to drilling for oil right now." It is a minor inconvenience but it is a mistake best left for amateurs.
The other is parts of his speech were just wrong. During his speech he claims that we need to reread the Constitution. While still stalking about the Constitution he then goes on to cite a passage from the Declaration of Independence. It makes him look stupid to claim that his opponents need to read the Constitution when even he does not know it. This again is something a better staff could help with.
One reason people like Cain is that he speaks to them. He is not an elitist, with trainers, speech writers and teleprompters.
Since when is hiring someone to help you reach your potential elitist? Cain spent a lot of time talking about how he wants to be #1. Well, if he does, he better look into someone who can even out some of his rougher edges because he has the potential to actually win the presidency.
It is refreshing that he tells it like it is. My only suggestion is that he ought to be careful because that could easily bite him in the ass if he is not careful about what he says.
He made no gaffes in the debate. He told the truth.
I may be picky, but by my count he made two.
The first is claiming to not know what the plan is for Afghanistan. First I find it a mistake to ever claim that I do not understand something were I running for an elected office, much less the presidency. Most people who follow politics can articulate what the plan is in Afghanistan, so Cain claiming he does not know make him look ignorant. In politics, ignorance is weakness.
The other gaffe he made was during the Libya/Syria response. He claimed that President Obama waffled with first supporting Muammar Gaddafi, and then not supporting him. The problem is President Obama never supported Gaddafi in the least bit. My guess is that Cain confused Obama's response to the situation in Libya with the situation in Egypt, in which President Obama was waffling on whether or not to support Hosni Mubarak continuing to rule Egypt.
Mistakes like this make him look either stupid or ignorant. Again, in politics neither is desirable.
He needs work on foreign policy but he's a fast learner. I agree with him on Israel and his strong support of them.
He better be, since he has a lot to learn. There is a lot more to American foreign policy than just supporting Israel. For someone who claims we need a comprehensive policy his is lacking right now, though that is understandable since it is early in the campaign.
The economy is our number one priority and it is a national security issue as our energy policy and our immigration policy is. He's good on those.
Yes, the economy is the number one priority right now and he appears to share the same ideas of every Republican.
When it comes to energy policy I question some of the things he says. First, he criticizes the United States for loans sent to Brazil to drill for oil. One of the reasons China is excelling is because they are making similar loans to help develop natural resources throughout Africa and other developing countries. The United States should take similar actions in order to ensure that our nation's energy resources are plentiful. The fact that Cain criticizes that is pitiful.
The other thing is his claim that if the United States started drilling that any oil discovered will mean that the United States will be its own best customer. The only thing that would make that true is if he nationalizes our nation's oil industry, but I do not see him doing that. So instead newly drilled oil will be sold on the international market to the highest bidder.
Keep in mind that both of those should not attempt to expand production of natural resources while mitigating potential environmental damage that may arise.