What are all these sixes and sevens and nines?

Time for some signifiers, signifieds, symbols in action, and possible deep play here at the Land Without Bread.  That's right, we're going to take a quick (very quick, as you'll soon see) look at something called political culture, and specifically, the place of numbers in it.  Consider: Rick Scott touted his "7-7-7" gimmick when he ran for governor of Florida in 2010.  He won.  Now Hermain Cain, who's seeking the Republican presidential nomination for 2012, has a similar shtick with "9-9-9."  He's currently the GOP frontrunner.

Do these numbers enjoy a special place in right-wing political culture?  In our broader political culture?  In the culture of the US in general?  Or are they just easy for the candidates to remember?  Pressing questions, and ones we would really like to submit to our crack subcommittee of anthropologists (cultural, social, socio-cultural, forensic, linguistic, bio-medical, and of course, applied—but no archaeologists!) to get their expert analysis, but unfortunately we fired them all because we, like Governor Scott, determined they're useless.  So who knows!

Apologies.