David Brooks: Obama needs Herman Cain’s vision

Published September 29, 2011 4:00am ET



Did David Brooks compliment Herman Cain? Perhaps.

Unlike the current president he at least knows that this is the perfect moment for fundamental tax reform. He’s got his 9-9-9 plan (the virtues of which he has not hid under a barrel). He may be wacky in every other respect and offensive in some, but he at least understands the scope of the problems the country faces, and so I have sympathy for him. I wish President Obama had at least some of his vision.