even further as the reality of herman cain begins to sink into the minds of conservative voters? >> absolutely. i like to believe and i could be wrong, but i like to believe the reason that these claims don't bother people is they don't see him as a serious candidate anyway. they dismiss him anyway. certainly i think when we get back to talking about foreign policy and national security, for example, in this debate on saturday night, we will get even more evidence as to why this is not somebody we should take seriously as a potential president of this country. he doesn't even know who has nuclear weapons and who doesn't. >> indeed. professor, i read something that suggested he could win in iowa based entirely on conservative male voters. is that possible? >> it absolutely is. i will not under estimate herman cain because it's not so much herman who seems to have taken 9-9-9 and borrowed the german