I've Been Watching...

...the rapid rise and disastrous crash of Herman Cain and I wonder, if only the squeakiest of the squeaky clean can survive a bid for high office, what does that do to the pool of good candidates who may have more than enough of the right stuff to provide the needed leadership? And what does this say about the mainstream media? Who among us does not have something in our past that can be paraded out and dwelt upon ad nauseam. And why is the media so selective about who they choose to pillory?