Herman Cain’s inexplicable popularity becomes easier to
understand  By Amanda Marcotte Thursday, June 9, 2011 13:30 EDT
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Jesse, I'm with you on the idea that Cain's popularity is
inexplicable, mostly because the man has no name recognition.
 But his speech where he announces his run for President
explains so much:  He ends the speech—no joke—by saying, "Free
at last, free at last, thank God Almighty, this nation is free
at last again."  You know, quoting the only MLK speech your
average Tea Partier has passing familiarity with.    You know,
even setting race aside, since I think most people can figure
what's going on there without me having to spell it out, what's
clear here is that Cain is a genius at refighting the 60s. And
that, more than anything compels the teabaggers.  It's sort of
the purest version of sticking it to the liberals.  The national
historical consensus on the 60s is that liberals were right.  We
were right about civil rights,