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[quote=jsteele]I just had another thought about this. Regardless of whether Cain is serious about his campaign, he is currently leading national polls for the Republican nomination. I can't believe that the Republican elite is happy about that. Similarly, remember back in 2004 when Howard Dean was doing fairly well in the polls and the Democratic elite was not happy about that. Then the famous "Dean Scream" occurred. In reality, Dean was speaking to a very loud crowd and could barely be heard by most people there. The recording was made by a boom mic held just over his head. So, the recordings provided a very distorted view of Dean's speech. Nevertheless, that episode was used to turn him into a joke and marginalize him for the rest of the campaign.

While there is no escaping the fact that this ad is really bad, is it really so bad as to deserve the nearly endless media attention it is getting? I understand why leftist bloggers might want to poke fun at it. But, I just checked and several right-wing or center-right media outlets are also joking about it. For instance, the NY Daily News headline is "Weird Herman Cain Ad Surfaces On YouTube" and Forbes, "Herman Cain's Campaign Ad Message Goes Up In Smoke". And, then the kicker, Fox News: "Where There’s Smoke, There’s Herman Cain’s New Web Video?" I suspect that there are plenty of Republican operatives (and not just from opposing campaigns) working behind the scenes to encourage this type of reporting. I think Herman Cain is about to get the Howard Dean treatment. 
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