What about the Presidency of Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan?

[Herman] Cain will not be our next president. Even without the sexual harassment scandal, he has neither the necessary funds nor the establishment clout. Plus he is profoundly unprepared for the job. But his strong appeal to a large sector of the American electorate is worth considering precisely because it reveals the strange state of populist politics in this moment of economic crisis and anti-government fervor.

-- Sophia Rosenfeld in today's New York Times.