Cain’s beliefs about race alienate black voters

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In the 21st century, the black Republican is a rare creature, even when you count those of moderate views such as Colin Powell. Rarer still is the tea-partying, tax-cutting, Obama-dissing black conservative like Herman Cain, who is currently occupying the anybody-but-Mitt chair in the GOP presidential parlor game.

There are sound reasons for the scarcity of black tea partyers. A fight-the-federal-government philosophy doesn

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