Allan Bloom once said that "society's greatest madness may seem normal to itself."  Indeed, an American candidate for president succeeded in getting himself elected even after implying that members of the opposition party in his own country are racists.  However, according to Newton's Third Law, the left's carefully crafted attack on conservative white America was bound to give birth to its very nemesis: a highly driven, eloquent, and successful black political candidate who, unlike our current president, has nothing but effusive gratitude for the opportunities his country has given him.

Highly esteemed pundits including Daniel Henninger, Dorothy Rabinowitz, and Michael Barone are coming to recognize that Herman Cain's unique combination of business expertise, educational credentials, inspiring background, and love of country is striking a deep cord among American voters.  But the most important factor may be, as Ms. Rabinowitz observed recently, "Mr. Cain's unfailing capacity to speak as though from a core of fire deep inside him."