I do not see what devotion to Obama has to do with one's like or dislike of Perry. Those are surely two separate considerations.
There are two types of people who devote themselves to Obama. There are those who think Obama can do nothing wrong which is based on stubbornness and denial. They don't like anyone who criticizes Obama which Perry has done several times as governor of Texas. The other people who devote themeselves to Obama, because they agree with his rhetoric. They wouldn't like Perry because Perry's beliefs are very different from Obama's.
Oh, about the 9-9-9 plan: check out Cain discussing it with David Gregory on Meet the Press.
Do you have any opinions on it or did you just want to post the video?
For those who don't know: Herman Cain's 9-9-9 plan isn't a Dominos pizza deal. The 9-9-9 plan is a 9% Business Flat Tax, 9% Individual Flat Tax, and 9% National Sales Tax.
I don't really like the 9-9-9 plan per se, because it seems a little too regressive, but I do like how it encourges reforming the tax code. Even though the 8% sales tax works very well for the state of Texas, I am not sure that a national sales tax work nearly as well. The continually growing 67,204 pages long tax code (as of Feb 2009) is overly complex. Only the most wealthy corporations and individuals can hire the necessary accountants and lawyers to read and understand the massive tax code to take full advantage of the massive number of tax breaks and loopholes. Because of the massive number of tax breaks, 50% of Americans don't pay any taxes at all. Another issue I have with the 9-9-9 plan is that it wants to do away with the payroll tax. The payroll tax is a much more effective way to run social security and Medicare, then having congress pick how much of the budget they will spend on Social Security and Medicare. I do agree with lowering the corporate tax rate (maybe not as low as 9%). The United States doesn't need to have the second highest corporate tax rate in the world. If one lowers the corporate tax rate, then it may make it possible to make the capital gains tax more progressive without drastically lowering the value of stocks.
Can someone do me a favor and find stuff they agree with me about, instead of only nit-picking things they disagree with?