A funny thing happened to CL on our way to check out the latest supernova in the GOP presidential sweepstakes, Herman Cain, who was in St. Petersburg on Wednesday afternoon signing copies of his just released book, This is Herman Cain.
Actually it was more scary than funny. Our rear right tire blew out approaching the Roosevelt Blvd. exit off of I-275, getting mangled in mere seconds as we wobbled our way over to the right shoulder of the road.
We're happy we're here to live another day, but that means we did miss meeting some of the folks who were waiting to meet Cain, who is pretty hot in the pop culture universe this week.
How hot? Well the new was already in the top 10 on Amazon.com as of Tuesday afternoon. Copies of the hardcover were out of stock until Friday, and a CBS News poll released Tuesday night has him tied with Mitt Romney for the current lead in the GOP race, both coming in at 17 percent.
This article appears in Oct 6-12, 2011.