[NTA] FW: Impressive Bio on Herman Cain
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Subject: Fwd: Impressive Bio on Herman Cain
Educated, yes. Wisdom, questionable.
Amy
Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass,
It's about learning to dance in the rain.
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Date: October 19, 2011 6:12:38 PM EDT
Subject: Fwd: Bio on Herman Cain, this is impressive
You got to see this. Herman Cain ain't no slouch!! Qualified beyond measure.
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This is interesting and definitely worth the minute it takes to read.
Herman Cain; Here's his bio:
* Bachelor's degree in Mathematics.
* Master's degree in Computer Science.
* Mathematician for the Navy, where he worked on missile ballistics (making
him a rocket scientist).
* Computer systems analyst for Coca-Cola.
* VP of Corporate Data Systems and Services for Pillsbury (this is the top
of the ladder in the computer world, being in charge of information systems for
a major corporation).
All achieved before reaching the age of 35. Since he reached the top of the
information systems world, he changed careers!
* Business Manager. Took charge of Pillsbury's 400 Burger King restaurants
in the Philadelphia area, which were the company's poorest performers in the
country. Spent the first nine months learning the business from the ground up,
cooking hamburger and yes, cleaning toilets. After three years he had turned
them into the company's best performers.
* Godfather's Pizza CEO. Was asked by Pillsbury to take charge of their
Godfather's Pizza chain (which was on the verge of bankruptcy). He made it
profitable in 14 months.
* In 1988 he led a buyout of the Godfather's Pizza chain from Pillsbury. He
was now the owner of a restaurant chain. Again he reached the top of the ladder
of another industry.
* He was also chairman of the National Restaurant Association during this
time. This is a group that interacts with government on behalf of the
restaurant industry, and it gave him political experience from the
non-politician side.
Having reached the top of a second industry, he changed careers again!
* Adviser to the Federal Reserve System. Herman Cain went to work for the
Federal Reserve Banking System advising them on how monetary policy changes
would affect American businesses.
* Chairman of the Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank. He worked his way up to
the chairmanship of a regional Federal Reserve bank. This is only one step
below the chairmanship of the entire Federal Reserve System (the top banking
position in the country). This position allowed him to see how monetary policy
is made from the inside, and understand the political forces that impact the
monetary system.
After reaching the top of the banking industry, he changed careers for a fourth
time!
* Writer and public speaker. He then started to write and speak on
leadership. His books include Speak as a Leader, CEO of Self, Leadership is
Common Sense, and They Think You're Stupid.
* Radio Host. Around 2007-after a remarkable 40 year career-he started
hosting a radio show on WSB in Atlanta (the largest talk radio station in the
country).
He did all this starting from rock bottom (his father was a chauffeur and his
mother was a maid). When you add up his accomplishments in his life-including
reaching the top of three unrelated industries: information systems, business
management, and banking.
Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the
presidency in the last half century.
Herman Cain
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Herman Cain
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Cain in October 2011
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Kansas_City>
In office
1995-1996
Preceded by
Burton A. Dole, Jr<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_A._Dole,_Jr>
Succeeded by
A. Drue Jennings
Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Kansas_City>
In office
1992-1994
Preceded by
Burton A. Dole, Jr<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burton_A._Dole,_Jr>
Succeeded by
A. Drue Jennings
Personal details
Born
December 13, 1945 (1945-12-13) (age 65)
Memphis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee>,
Tennessee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee>, US
Political party
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
Spouse(s)
Gloria Cain (m. 1968-present) «start: (1968)»"Marriage: Gloria Cain to Herman
Cain" Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain)
Children
Melanie Cain and Vincent Cain
Residence
Sandy Springs<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Springs,_Georgia>, Georgia, US
Alma mater<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alma_mater>
Morehouse College<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehouse_College> (mathematics,
1967)
Purdue University<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_University>
(masters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M.S.>, computer
science<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science>, 1971)
Occupation
Business executive
Radio host
Columnist
Religion
National
Baptist<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_USA,_Inc.>[1]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-0>
Website
hermancain.com<http://www.hermancain.com/>
This article is part of a series about
Herman Cain
2012 presidential
campaign<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain_presidential_campaign,_2012>
Political
positions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_positions_of_Herman_Cain>
Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is an American business
executive,[2]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-1>[3]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-2>[4]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-3>
syndicated columnist, and radio host<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk_radio>
from Georgia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)>. He is the
former chairman and CEO of Godfather's
Pizza<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfather%27s_Pizza> and a former chairman
(Omaha Branch board 1989-91), deputy chairman (1992-94) and chairman (1995-96)
of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas
City<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Kansas_City>.[5]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-4>
Before his business career he worked as a mathematician in
ballistics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistics> as a civilian employee of
the United States
Navy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy>.[6]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-5>[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-wsj9may-6>
He lives in the Atlanta<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta> suburbs, where
he also serves as an associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church North.
In January 2011, Cain announced he had formed an exploratory committee for a
potential campaign for the
Republican<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
Presidential nomination in
2012<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2012>
and on May 21 Cain officially announced his
candidacy.[8]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-FOX-announce-7>
Although Cain had not held elective office before and remained well back of
former Massachusetts Governor Mitt
Romney<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitt_Romney> and, later, Texas Governor
Rick Perry<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Perry> during summer polling, in
mid-October 2011 Cain was
leading.[9]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-8>[10]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-9>[11]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-10>
Contents
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· 1 Family life<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#Family_life>
· 2 Education and
honors<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#Education_and_honors>
· 3 Religious
life<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#Religious_life>
· 4 Career<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#Career>
· 5 Media work<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#Media_work>
· 6 Political
activities<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#Political_activities>
o 6.1 Role in the defeat of the Clinton health care
plan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#Role_in_the_defeat_of_the_Clinton_health_care_plan>
o 6.2 2005 - 2011 Americans for
Prosperity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#2005_-_2011_Americans_for_Prosperity>
o 6.3 2009 Hermanator's Intelligent Thinkers
Movement<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#2009_Hermanator.27s_Intelligent_Thinkers_Movement>
· 7 Political
campaigns<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#Political_campaigns>
o 7.1 1996 Senior Advisor to Dole/Kemp
Campaign<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#1996_Senior_Advisor_to_Dole.2FKemp_Campaign>
o 7.2 2000 presidential
campaign<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#2000_presidential_campaign>
o 7.3 2004 U.S. Senate
candidacy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#2004_U.S._Senate_candidacy>
o 7.4 2012 presidential
candidacy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#2012_presidential_candidacy>
· 8 References<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#References>
· 9 External
links<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#External_links>
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Family life
Herman Cain was born in Memphis,
Tennessee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee>, to Lenora Caine
(née Davis), a cleaning woman, and Luther Cain, Jr., who was raised on a farm
and worked as a barber and janitor, as well as a chauffeur for
Coca-Cola<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coca-Cola> president Robert
Woodruff<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Woodruff>. His mother, Lenora, was
a domestic worker. Cain has said that as he was growing up, his family was
"poor" but "happy". Cain related that his mother taught him about her belief
that "success was not a function of what you start out with materially, but
what you start out with spiritually". His father worked three jobs to own his
own home - something he achieved during Cain's childhood - and to see his two
sons
graduate.[12]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-11>[13]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-12>[7]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-wsj9may-6>
Cain grew up on the west side of Atlanta,
Georgia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta,_Georgia>, attending school and
Rev. Cameron M. Alexander<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_M._Alexander>'s
Antioch Baptist Church North in the neighborhood now known as The
Bluff<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bluff_(Atlanta)>. Eventually Cain's
father saved enough money and the family moved to a modest brick home on Albert
Street in the Collier Heights<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collier_Heights>
neighborhood. He attended Archer (public) High School, graduating in
1963.[14]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-13>
Cain married Gloria Cain (née Etchison), of Atlanta, soon after her graduation
from Morris Brown College<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_Brown_College> in
1968.[15]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-campaignwife-14>[16]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-15>
His wife of 43 years, she is a homemaker along with stints as a teacher and a
librarian.[15]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-campaignwife-14>
The couple have two children and three
grandchildren.[17]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-16>
In 2006, Cain was diagnosed with Stage IV
cancer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_staging> in his
colon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colon_(anatomy)> and metastases to his
liver<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liver> and given a 30-percent chance of
survival. Cain underwent surgery and
chemotherapy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemotherapy> following the
diagnosis, and has since reported that he is in
remission.[18]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-17>
Disclosures filed during his campaign in 2011 categorized Cain's wealth as of
that time as $2.9 to $6.6 million, with Cain's income for both 2010 and 2011
combined being $1.1 to $2.1
million.[19]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-godfathersyears-18>
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Education and honors
Cain grew up in
Georgia[20]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-Green-19> and
graduated from Morehouse
College<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehouse_College> in 1967 with a Bachelor
of Science<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor_of_Science> degree in
mathematics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathematics>.
Accepted for graduate studies at
Purdue<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_University>, Cain received a
Masters<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Science> in computer
science<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_science> there in
1971,[21]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-20> while he also
worked full-time in ballistics<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballistics> for the
U.S. Department of the
Navy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Department_of_the_Navy>.[22]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-21>
Cain received the 1996 Horatio Alger
Award<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horatio_Alger_Association_of_Distinguished_Americans#Horatio_Alger_Award>[23]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-22>
and has received honorary degrees from Creighton
University<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creighton_University>, Johnson & Wales
University<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_%26_Wales_University>,
Morehouse College<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morehouse_College>, University
of
Nebraska<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Nebraska%E2%80%93Lincoln>,
New York City Technical
College<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_City_Technical_College>, Purdue
University<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purdue_University>, Suffolk
University<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suffolk_University>, and Tougaloo
College<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tougaloo_College>.[24]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-board-23>
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Religious life
Cain serves as an associate minister at Atlanta's Antioch Baptist Church North,
"a bastion of liberal activism" where the church's senior pastor, the Rev.
Cameron M. Alexander<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_M._Alexander>,
reportedly does not share Cain's political
philosophy.[25]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-24>[26]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-25>
In October 2011 Cain stated that God told him to run for
president.[27]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-26>
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Career
After completing his master's
degree<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master%27s_degree> from Purdue, Cain left
the Department of the Navy<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Navy> and
began working for The Coca-Cola
Company<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Coca-Cola_Company> in Atlanta as a
computer systems
analyst<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_systems_analyst>. In 1977, he
moved to Minneapolis<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis> to join
Pillsbury<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pillsbury_Company>,[28]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-27>
soon becoming director of business
analysis[29]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-28> in its
restaurant and foods group in 1978.[citation
needed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>]
At age 36, Cain was assigned in the 1980s first to analyze and ultimately to
take the reins of Burger King<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burger_King>, where
he managed 400 stores in the
Philadelphia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia> area. At the time,
Burger King was a Pillsbury subsidiary. Under Cain's leadership his region
went, in three years, from the least profitable for Burger King to the most
profitable.[citation
needed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>] According to a
1987 account in the Minneapolis Star
Tribune<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minneapolis_Star_Tribune>, Pillsbury's
then-president Win Wallin said, "He was an excellent bet. Herman always seemed
to have his act
together."[30]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-29> At Burger
King, Cain "established the BEAMER program, which taught our employees, mostly
teenagers, how to make our patrons smile" by smiling themselves. It was a
success: "Within three months of the program's initiation, the sales trend was
moving steadily
higher."[31]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-30>
His successes at Burger King prompted Pillsbury to appoint him president and
CEO of another subsidiary, Godfather's
Pizza<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godfather%27s_Pizza>. Cain arrived on April
1, 1986, and told employees, "I'm Herman Cain and this ain't no April
Fool's<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_Fool%27s_Day> joke. We are not dead.
Our objective is to prove to Pillsbury and everyone else that we will
survive."[32]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-31> Aiming to
cut costs, Cain, over a 14-month period, reduced the company from 911 stores to
420. As a result of his efforts, Godfather's Pizza became profitable[citation
needed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>]. In a leveraged
buyout in 1988, Cain, Executive Vice-President and COO Ronald B. Gartlan and a
group of investors, bought Godfather's from Pillsbury. Cain continued as CEO
until 1996, when he resigned.
[33]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-32>
Later in 1996 he became CEO of the National Restaurant
Association<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Restaurant_Association>, a
trade group and lobby organization for the restaurant industry, where he had
previously been chairman concurrently with his role at Godfather's
Pizza.[34]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-33>.
Cain became a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Bank_of_Kansas_City>
in 1992 and served as its chairman from January 1995 to August 1996, when he
resigned to become active in national
politics.[35]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-34>
Cain was on the board of directors of Aquila,
Inc.<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila,_Inc.> from 1992 to 2008, and also
served as a board member for Nabisco<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabisco>,
Whirlpool<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whirlpool_Corporation>, Reader's
Digest<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reader%27s_Digest>, and AGCO,
Inc.[36]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-35>[24]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-board-23>[37]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-36>
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Media work
Cain is an associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church
North<http://www.antiochnorth.org/antiochnorth.htm> in Atlanta, which he joined
at the age of 10.[38]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-37>
The church is part of the National Baptist Convention,
USA<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Baptist_Convention,_USA,_Inc.>.[39]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-38>
A sometimes gospel<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gospel_music> vocalist, Cain
performed on the 13-track album Sunday Morning released by Selah Sound
Production & Melodic Praise Records in
1996.[40]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-39> He also
performed a widely discussed gospel-flavored parody of two John
Lennon<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Lennon> songs, "Imagine There's No
Pizza<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imagine_There%27s_No_Pizza>", at a
Godfather's company event in 1991, a video of which became popular during his
2012 campaign.
He writes a syndicated<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Print_syndication>
op-ed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-ed> column, which is distributed by the
North Star Writers
Group<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Star_Writers_Group>.[41]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-40>
Until February 2011, Cain hosted The Herman Cain Show on Atlanta talk radio
station WSB<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WSB_(AM)>, a Cox
Radio<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cox_Radio>
property.[42]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-41>
His notable works include:
· Leadership is Common Sense (1997)
· Speak as a Leader (1999)
· CEO of SELF (October 2001)
· They Think You're Stupid (May 2005)
· This Is Herman Cain: My Journey To The White House. Threshold
Editions<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Threshold_Editions>. October 2011.
ISBN<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Standard_Book_Number>
978-1451666137<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1451666137>.
Cain also wrote "The Intangibles of Implementation" in the technical journal
Interfaces<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaces_(operations_research)> (Vol.
9, No. 5, 1979, pp. 144-147), published by the Institute for Operations
Research and the Management Sciences
(INFORMS<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INFORMS>).
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Political activities
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Role in the defeat of the Clinton health care plan
Cain publicly opposed the Clinton health care plan of
1993<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinton_health_care_plan_of_1993>. As
president-elect of the National Restaurant Association, he challenged Bill
Clinton on the costs of the employer mandate contained within the bill and
criticized its effect on small businesses. Bob
Cohn<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Cohn> of
Newsweek<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newsweek> described Cain as one of the
primary opponents of the plan:
The Clintons would later blame "Harry and
Louise<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry_and_Louise>", the fictional couple in
the ads aired by the insurance industry, for undermining health reform. But the
real saboteurs are named Herman and John. Herman Cain is the president of
Godfather's Pizza and president-elect of the National Restaurant Association.
An articulate entrepreneur, Cain transformed the debate when he challenged
Clinton at a town meeting in Kansas City,
Missouri<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kansas_City,_Missouri>. Cain asked the
president what he was supposed to say to the workers he would have to lay off
because of the cost of the "employer mandate". Clinton responded that there
would be plenty of subsidies for small businessmen, but Cain persisted. "Quite
honestly, your calculation is inaccurate," he told the president. "In the
competitive marketplace it simply doesn't work that
way."[43]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-Newsweeks-42>
Joshua Green<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Green> of The
Atlantic<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic> has called Cain's exchange
with Clinton his "auspicious debut on the national political
stage".[44]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-43>
Conservative politician and former Housing Secretary Jack
Kemp<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Kemp> was so impressed with Cain's
performance that he chartered a plane to
Nebraska<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska> to meet Cain after the debate.
Cain credits Kemp with his becoming interested in
politics.[45]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-44>
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2005 - 2011 Americans for Prosperity
Starting in 2005, Cain worked for the Koch
family<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koch_family> funded Americans for
Prosperity<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americans_for_Prosperity>(AFP)
alongside Mark
Block<http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mark_Block&action=edit&redlink=1>.
Block would later become campaign manager for Cain's 2012 Presidential run and
would be joined in Cain's campaign by several other AFP employees. Cain
continued to receive honorariums for speaking at AFP events until he announced
his campaign for the Republican
nomination.[46]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-45>
Cain's close ties to Americans for Prosperity have come under increasing
scrutiny as major U.S. news agencies have uncovered close ties between AFP and
the Koch Brothers, the billionaire brothers who have been credited for much of
the success of the Tea Party Movement. It has also been reported that Cain's
9-9-9 plan has been credited to a "businessman" that served on the AFP board.
[47]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-46>
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2009 Hermanator's Intelligent Thinkers Movement
In 2009, Cain founded "Hermanator's Intelligent Thinkers Movement" (HITM),
aimed at organizing 100,000 activists in every congressional district in the
United States in support of a strong national defense, the
FairTax<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FairTax>, tax cuts, energy independence,
capping government spending, and restructuring Social
Security<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_Security_(United_States)>.[citation
needed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>]
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Political campaigns
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1996 Senior Advisor to Dole/Kemp Campaign
See also: United States presidential election,
1996<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1996>
Cain was a senior economic advisor to the
Dole/Kemp<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Dole> presidential campaign in
1996.[48]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-47>
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2000 presidential campaign
Main article: Republican Party (United States) presidential primaries,
2000<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)_presidential_primaries,_2000>
Cain briefly ran for the Republican presidential nomination in
2000<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_2000>;
he says it was more about making political statements than winning the
nomination. "George W. Bush<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W._Bush> was
the chosen one, he had the campaign DNA that followers look for." However, Cain
went on to state, "I believe that I had a better message and I believe that I
was the better
messenger."[49]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-48> After
ending his own campaign, however, he endorsed Steve
Forbes<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Forbes>.[50]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-49>
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2004 U.S. Senate candidacy
Main article: United States Senate election in Georgia,
2004<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate_election_in_Georgia,_2004>
In 2004, Cain ran for the U.S.
Senate<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Senate> in Georgia and did
not win in the primaries. He was pursuing the seat that came open with the
retirement of
Democrat<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)> Zell
Miller<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zell_Miller>. Cain sought the Republican
nomination, facing congressmen Johnny
Isakson<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Isakson> and Mac
Collins<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_Collins> in the primary. Cain and
Collins both hoped to deny Isakson a majority on primary day in order to force
him into a runoff.[citation
needed<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed>] Collins tried
to paint Cain as a
moderate,[51]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-50> citing
Cain's support for affirmative
action<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Affirmative_action> programs, while Cain
argued that he was a conservative, noting that he opposed the legality of
abortion<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abortion> except when the mother's life
is threatened.[52]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-51> Cain
finished second in the primary with 26.2% of the vote, ahead of Collins, who
won 20.6%, but because Isakson won 53.2% of the vote, Isakson was able to avoid
a
runoff<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runoff_election>.[53]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-52>
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2012 presidential candidacy
Main article: Herman Cain presidential campaign,
2012<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain_presidential_campaign,_2012>
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Cain speaking at the Ames Straw
Poll<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ames_Straw_Poll> in August 2011.
In 2010, "Cain addressed more than 40 Tea
Party<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tea_Party_movement> rallies, hit all the
early presidential states, and became a YouTube
sensation."[20]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-Green-19>
and on September 24, 2010, Cain announced that he was considering a run for
president<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/President_of_the_United_States> in 2012
on the Republican
Party<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)>
ticket[54]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-53>. In December,
Cain was the "surprise choice" for 2012 GOP nominee in a
RedState.com<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RedState.com> reader
poll.[20]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-Green-19> Cain
announced the formation of a presidential exploratory
committee<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_exploratory_committee> on
January 12,
2011,[55]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-cnn-54>[56]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-55>
and officially announced his candidacy on May 21 in
Atlanta.[8]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-FOX-announce-7>
A popular speaker, Cain's addresses to conservative groups have been
well-received,[57]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-56>[58]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-57>
and in late September and early October 2011, Cain won straw polls in Florida,
Illinois, and at the National Federation of Republican Women's
Convention.[59]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-autogenerated1-58>[60]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-59>
"My focus groups have consistently picked Herman Cain as the most likeable
candidate in the debates," says GOP pollster Frank Luntz. "Don't underestimate
the power of likability, even in a Republican primary. The more likeable the
candidate, the greater the electoral
potential."[61]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-60>[59]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-autogenerated1-58>
Cain supports a non-federally subsidized efficient economic stimulus, saying:
"We could grow this economy faster if we had bolder, more direct stimulus
policies," criticizing President Barack
Obama<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barack_Obama>'s stimulus plan as simply a
"spending bill" instead of meaningful stimulus through permanent tax
cuts.[62]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-61>
In July 2011 an advisor suggested that his campaign's tax policy plan be called
"the Optimal Tax", but Cain rejected the name, saying "[w]e're just going to
call it what it is:
9-9-9."[63]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-WSJ-999-62> The
plan would replace the current tax code with a 9-percent personal income tax, a
9-percent business transactions tax, and a 9-percent federal sales tax. During
a debate on October 12, Cain said his plan "expands the base," arguing that
"[w]hen you expand the base, we can arrive at the lowest possible rate, which
is
9-9-9."[64]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-Bloomberg-999-63>.
An analysis released to Bloomberg
News<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloomberg_News> by the campaign claimed that
the rate for each of the three taxes could in fact be as low as 7.3%, but
"poverty grants" - which Cain has described as a lower rate in targeted
"empowerment zones"[65]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-64>
- necessitated a national rate of
9%.[64]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-Bloomberg-999-63>
Paul Krugman<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman> has criticized the
plan, saying it shifts much of the current tax burden from the rich to the
poor.[66]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-65> Arthur
Laffer<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Laffer>,[63]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-WSJ-999-62>
Lawrence
Kudlow<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_Kudlow>,[67]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-66>
the Club for
Growth<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_for_Growth>,[68]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-67>
and Congressman Paul
Ryan<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Ryan>[69]<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herman_Cain#cite_note-68>
have spoken favorably of "9-9-9".
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