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Dr. Alveda King: Hoping Herman Cain Will Stay In the Race
n the 15th Century, “Lady Justice” was introduced wearing a blindfold. Her sightlessness was meant to represent objectivity, in that justice is or should be meted out without fear or favor, regardless of identity, money, power or weakness. Blind justice and impartiality should be the goal.
Enter 21st century politics, where you find justice thrown under […]
With No Specifics to the Accusations, Herman Cain Wins This Fight
Jim Geraghty
November 4, 2011
Joel Bennett, the lawyer for one of the former employees of the National Restaurant Association who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment, spoke to Wolf Blitzer live on CNN moments ago.
Bennett said that in his legal opinion, what occurred between Cain and his client met the legal definition of sexual harassment. But […]
Cain’s campaign raised nearly $1 million in 48 hours
ORIGINAL POST, 11/2/11 8:02 p.m.: In a release emailed to the press tonight, Cain communications director JD Gordon announced that the campaign broke its daily fundraising record for the second consecutive day Tuesday, surpassing Monday’s record $250,000 total. According to the statement, Cain’s campaign has now raised nearly $1 million in the past 48 hours […]
Cain’s ‘impossible dream’ resonates with voters
JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) — Herman Cain is firing up the crowd at a tea party rally in this West Tennessee town when the generator powering his sound system shudders to a halt.
Cain stands awkwardly for a few moments then suddenly begins to sing. Slowly at first but gaining in speed, he belts out “Impossible Dream” […]
Herman Cain Raised $2.8 Million in Third Quarter
Though Cain had already delivered his stump speech twice earlier in the day, he was more animated and passionate that he had been in earlier appearances. The atmosphere in the barn changed from campaign rally to something more resembling a old-fashioned revival meeting.
“I am gonna be in this thing to the end of the nomination,” […]
Herman Cain:”I am gonna be in this thing to the end of the nomination”
Reporting from Waverly, Tenn.—
Some candidates tucker out as the day goes on, and some seem to draw an extra measure of strength from their adoring crowds.
By the end of the day Friday, the first of a two-day bus tour through his native Tennessee, the normally energetic Herman Cain was even more pumped up than usual. At the last […]
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Herman Cain names Jim DeMint, Paul Ryan as possible 2012 vice presidential picks
Herman Cain named Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) as potential running mates should he secure the Republican presidential nomination for the 2012 election.
Speaking Thursday on “The Steve Gill Show,” Cain outlined the qualities he would like in a running mate, and then, unprovoked, offered specific names.
“There are some people in Congress […]
Haley Barbour: Herman Cain Would Sweep The South Against Obama
“If this election is where it ought to be, and that is a referendum on how President Obama is doing, Republicans are going to win. If Herman Cain is our nominee against Barack Obama, I think he’ll sweep the south,” Gov. Haley Barbour (R-Miss.) told Laura Ingraham today.
Read the whole story at RealClearPolitics
GOP Empire’s Plan to Crush Tea Party Rebels
The Republican establishment is no longer terrified of the Tea Party, The New York Times‘ Matt Bai reports. It’s now figured out how to absorb them like a slow-moving but powerful star that’s swelling into a red giant. How to take these political hooligans over? There are a couple steps.
Step 1: The first rule of the establishment is: Do […]
Rush Limbaugh: Mitt Romney Is Not A Conservative
The reason is simple: Romney is not a conservative. He’s not, folks. You can argue with me all day long on that, but he isn’t. What he has going for him is that he’s not Obama and that he is doing incredibly well in the debates because he’s done it a long time. He’s very […]
Godfather of Supply-Side Economics Supports Herman Cain’s ‘9-9-9′ Plan
As businessman Herman Cain surges atop state and national polls and becomes a top-tier presidential contender, his signature “9-9-9″ plan, which calls for a nine percent tax on income, a nine percent national sales tax, and a nine percent corporate income tax, has come under scrutiny from the right and the left.
Famed supply-side economist Art […]
Herman Cain: “The Book Tour Is Over”, Kickoff Campaign in Early Primary States
“The book tour is over,” Cain declared Wednesday, vowing to add staff in New Hampshire and Iowa and bring his campaign bus to the Granite State in the coming weeks. He hadn’t visited New Hampshire since midsummer.
Seizing modest momentum in the race for the Republican presidential nomination, businessman Herman Cain promised to invest in additional […]
Gallup:Herman Cain Surges, Nearly Ties Romney for Lead in GOP Preferences
Mitt Romney and Herman Cain lead the field for the 2012 GOP nomination, with 20% and 18% support, respectively. A similar proportion, 20%, is undecided. Cain’s ranking reflects a surge in his support since September, while Rick Perry’s has dropped by half, from 31% to 15%.
(Excerpt) Read more at gallup.com
Second poll Shows Cain N.H. Surge
The second poll in a few days shows Herman Cain jumping into second place in New Hampshire.
A survey from the Harvard Institute of Politics and the New Hampshire Institute of Politics shows Cain with 20 percent of the vote, trailing Mitt Romney, who remains in first place with 38 percent. Ron Paul is in third […]
Herman Cain surging, edging Obama (PP: 43%-41%)
In a hypothetical head-to-head presidential race, Republican Herman Cain edges Democrat Barack Obama, according to our latest national scientific opinion poll.
The poll found Cain topping Obama by a narrow 43%-41% margin, with 15% saying they had no opinion. The 2% difference falls within the poll’s 3% margin of error.
Poll Position’s scientific telephone survey of 1,135 […]
Herman Cain tops MLC straw poll with more than 50% (The Hermanator’s Surge Continues!)
Let’s just get it out of the way and all recite the mantra at once, shall we?
Straw polls don’t mean anything.
But for those who still like to follow them, we had yet another this weekend in Minnesota at the Midwestern Leadership Conference. And once again Herman Cain mopped up the competition, this time registering the largest […]
Herman Cain steps up attacks on Occupy Wall Street protests
Republican presidential contender Herman Cain amplified his criticism Sunday of the growing Occupy Wall Street movement, calling the protesters “jealous’ Americans who “play the victim card” and want to “take somebody else’s” Cadillac.
Cain’s remarks, on CBS’ “Face the Nation,” came amidst an escalating war of words between Republicans and Democratsover the merits of the movement, which has spread from New York […]
Romney rivals may go after him for flip-flops
Mitt Romney faced relentless criticism four years ago for changing his positions on abortion and gay rights and equivocating on other issues, including immigration and gun control. This year, the former Massachusetts governor has largely escaped such attacks as he competes again for the Republican presidential nomination. That might be changing.
(Excerpt) Read more at boston.com
How the ‘Hermanator’ could be the Republican to challenge Barack Obama in 2012
He is a former pizza chain magnate, the son of a chauffeur and a cleaner, a conservative African-American — and, to just about everyone’s surprise, a strong contender in the Republican presidential race.
As other leading contenders have begun to falter, Herman Cain has surged into second place in Republican ranks, buoyed by his fiery oratory […]