Juana Summers flags Herman Cain's interview with the New York Times magazine, in which the lone black candidate of the cycle expands on comments related to race and the first black president that he has at times touched on during the campaign:
Q:Before you announced your campaign, you said that the liberal establishment is scared that “a real black man might run against Barack Obama.” Are you suggesting Obama isn’t really black?
Cain: A real black man is not timid about making the right decisions, that’s what I meant. Look, I’m not getting into this whole thing about President Obama. It is documented that his mother was white and his father was from Africa. If he wants to call himself black, fine. If he wants to call himself African-American, fine. I’m not going down this color road.
Q:But you’re saying he’s not really a black man.
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