center of university of virginia. you say cain nomination would be aberration of historic proportions. >> it would be aberration. just because something hasn't happened before doesn't mean it won't happen in the future. look, herman cain has never been elected to public office. historically presidents who have never been elected to public office have only been generals, generals of the army like dwight eisenhower or even george washington, if you don't count his election to the virginia house of burgesses. probably the best parallel with herman cain is wendell will can i, the republican nomination for president in 1940. ran against franklin roosevelt's in roosevelt's successful attempt to win a third team. it is tough to convince people that your initial office should be the office of president unless you've been a successful war-time leader. jenna: do you think what is happening right now in our