Is Herman Cain a Bad Judge of Character??

Herman Cain's political campaign has received a lot of flack in the media over the past few weeks. His "duck and dodge" routine on tough questions has gotten tired, and his self allocated nickname, Black Walnut, has made his  run for presidency seem more and more like a practical joke. The "Froot Loop Campaign", as some call it, has now gone from weird to weirder with the polarized web ads that have shown up online (See them here: http://youtu.be/S6VnTqpTqvQ , http://youtu.be/dSlC7BxmSqY).
As I recently took time to get a laugh from these videos I began to wonder who Cain's campaign manager is and why he thought these ads would be helpful to Cain's already hurting campaign. As I began to learn more of Mark Block, a supposed "ally" to Herman Cain's campaign, I found myself becoming increasingly baffled by Cain's choice to appoint someone like Block to be his campaign manager. His reputation precedes him, and to be honest with you, it is strikingly poor.

Block's political career began in 1977 working as an assistant to Rep. William Steiger. He then did some work for a Midwest telecom corporation, and started various companies of his own before his valiant return to politics as chairman of Jon Wilcox's successful 1997 campaign for Wisconsin State Supreme Court Justice. During this time Block was accused of illegally coordinating a $200,000 hush hush campaign contribution, and was later sued in 2000 by Wisconsin's Election Board because of it. A $15,000 settlement was reached outside of court and Block agreed to stay away from politics for the next three years. Block has done little to help his name by being arrested twice for drunk driving, and receiving a tax warrant from the IRS.

Yet even with these setbacks he has still been able to maintain a political career. His current work for former Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain has been (and I hate to say this) somewhat remarkable. Cain, who was only able to raise $2.8 million in the third quarter of the race has raised an astonishing $3 million since the start of October. His current donor base has also more than doubled from 30,000 to 65,000. This strange campaign manager who has had a lengthy record of bad luck in the past is now doing wonders for Cain's campaign, which leads me to think...maybe Block's appointment as Black Walnut's campaign manager was actually a decision of genius.