Betch didn't know this about Herman Cain
Posted: Mon Oct 03, 2011 9:48 am
What you may not know about Herman Cain who is running for president....
He’s not a career politician (in fact he has never held political office). He’s known as a pizza guy, but there’s a lot more to him. He’s also a computer guy, a banker guy, and a rocket scientist guy.
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—
STACK THAT UP AGAINST THE 'COMMUNITY ORGANIZER'....
Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last half century.
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Herman Cain
Cain in February 2011.
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
In office
1995–1996
Preceded by Burton A. Dole, Jr
Succeeded by A. Drue Jennings
Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
In office
1992–1994
Preceded by Burton A. Dole, Jr
Succeeded by A. Drue Jennings
Personal details
Born December 13, 1945 (1945-12-13) (age 65)
Memphis, Tennessee, US
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Gloria Cain
Children Melanie Cain and Vincent Cain
Residence Sandy Springs, Georgia, US
Alma mater
Morehouse College (mathematics, 1967)
Purdue University
Masters, computer science, 1971)
Occupation Businessman
Radio host
Columnist
Religion National Baptist[1]
Website hermancain.com
Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is an American businessman, politician, syndicated columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He is the former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza and a former deputy chairman (1992–94) and chairman (1995–96) of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Before his business career he worked as a mathematician in ballistics as a civilian employee of the United States Navy.[2][3] He lives in the Atlanta suburbs, where he also serves as a minister at Antioch Baptist Church North.
In January 2011, Cain announced he had formed an exploratory committee for a potential presidential campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, and on May 21, 2011, Cain officially announced his candidacy.[4] In September 2011, Cain won a surprise victory in a Republican presidential straw poll in Florida, beating rival Rick Perry who was leading in the polls.[5]
Contents
• 1 Background
• 2 Business career
• 3 Media work
• 4 Political activities
o 4.1 Role in the defeat of the Clinton health care plan
o 4.2 1996 Senior Advisor of Dole/Kemp Campaign
o 4.3 2000 presidential campaign
o 4.4 2004 U.S. Senate candidacy
o 4.5 2012 presidential candidacy
4.5.1 Controversial remarks
4.5.2 Polling results
4.5.3 Presidential campaign staff
• 5 Political positions
• 6 Personal life
o 6.1 Religious involvement
o 6.2 Cancer
o 6.3 Race
o 6.4 Honorary degrees
• 7 Notable works
• 8 References
• 9 External links
[edit] Background
Cain was born in Memphis, Tennessee, son of Luther Cain, Jr. and his wife Lenora Davis.[6][7] His mother was a cleaning woman and his father, who was raised on a farm, was a chauffeur.[3] He grew up in Georgia.[8] Cain graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics, and received a Master of Science degree in computer science from Purdue University in 1971,[9] when he was also working full-time in ballistics for the U.S. Department of the Navy. He is the author of four books: Leadership is Common Sense (1997), Speak as a Leader (1999), CEO of SELF (October 2001), and They Think You're Stupid (May 2005). He also wrote "The Intangibles of Implementation" in the technical journal Interfaces (Vol. 9, No. 5, 1979, pp. 144-147), published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
[edit] Business career
After completing his master's degree from Purdue, Cain left the Department of the Navy and began working for The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta as a business analyst. In 1977, he moved to Minneapolis to join Pillsbury, soon becoming director of analysis in its restaurant and foods group in 1978. He was assigned in the 1980s first to analyze and ultimately to take the reigns of Burger King, which at the time was a Pillsbury subsidiary, where he managed 400 stores in the Philadelphia area. Under Cain's leadership, his region went in three years from the least profitable for Burger King to the most profitable. This prompted Pillsbury to appoint him President and CEO of another subsidiary, Godfather's Pizza. Aiming to cut costs, Cain over a 14-month period reduced the company from 911 stores down to 420. As a result of his efforts, Godfather's Pizza finally became profitable. 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 was asked to resign by the board.
Later that year he became CEO of the 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.[10]
Cain became a member of the board of directors of the 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.[11] Cain was a 1996 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award.[12]
Cain was on the board of directors of Aquila, Inc. from 1992 to 2008, and also served as a board member for Nabisco, Whirlpool, Reader's Digest, and AGCO, Inc.[13][14][15]
[edit] Media work
Cain serves as a commentator for Fox Business. He writes a syndicated op-ed column which is distributed by the North Star Writers Group. Until February 2011, Cain hosted The Herman Cain Show on Atlanta talk radio station News Talk 750 WSB, a Cox Radio affiliate. 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, tax cuts, energy independence, capping government spending, and restructuring Social Security.[16]
[edit] Political activities
[edit] Role in the defeat of the Clinton health care plan
Cain publicly opposed the 1993/1994 health care plan of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. 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 of Newsweek described Cain as one of the primary opponents of the plan:
The Clintons would later blame "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 black entrepreneur, Cain transformed the debate when he challenged Clinton at a town meeting in Kansas City, Mo.. 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."[17]
Joshua Green of The Atlantic has called Cain's exchange with Clinton his "auspicious debut on the national political stage."[18]
[edit] 1996 Senior Advisor of Dole/Kemp Campaign
Cain was a senior economic advisor to the Dole/Kemp presidential campaign in 1996.[19]
[edit] 2000 presidential campaign
Cain briefly ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000; he says it was more about making political statements than winning the nomination. "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." [20]
[edit] 2004 U.S. Senate candidacy
Main article: United States Senate election in Georgia, 2004
In 2004, Cain ran for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, pursuing the seat that came open with the retirement of Democrat Zell Miller. Cain sought the Republican nomination, facing congressmen Johnny Isakson and 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] Collins tried to paint Cain as a moderate,[21] citing Cain's support for affirmative action programs, while Cain argued that he was a conservative, noting that he opposed the legality of abortion except when the mother's life is threatened.[22] 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.[23]
[edit] 2012 presidential candidacy
Main article: Herman Cain presidential campaign, 2012
Cain speaking at the Ames Straw Poll in August 2011.
In 2010, "Cain addressed more than 40 Tea Party rallies, hit all the early presidential states, and became a YouTube sensation."[8] In April, he teased the audience at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference about his being a possible 2012 presidential candidate by saying that there may be a "dark horse candidate."[24][25] On September 24, 2010, Cain announced that he was considering a run for president in 2012 on the Republican Party ticket.[26] "In December, he was the surprise choice for 2012 GOP nominee in a reader poll on the conservative Web site RedState.com, narrowly edging out [Sarah] Palin."[8]
Cain announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee on January 12, 2011 on the Fox News Channel program Your World with Neil Cavuto.[27][28]
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's stimulus plan as simply a "spending bill" instead of meaningful stimulus through permanent tax cuts.[29]
In February 2011, Cain addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).[30] Ed Morrisey of the conservative website Hot Air said he "stole the show" and that some attendees were moved to tears by the speech.[31] In contrast, liberal website AlterNet accused Cain of pandering to white conservatives and referred to him and other black conservatives as "garbage pail kids". Cain called the news website's attacks racist and condemned its "shameful behavior".[32]
[edit] Controversial remarks
A number of comments made by Cain regarding his attitudes towards Muslim people have caused controversy. He has stated that he was "uncomfortable" when he found that the surgeon operating on his liver and colon cancer was Muslim, later explaining "based upon the little knowledge that I have of the Muslim religion, you know, they have an objective to convert all infidels or kill them".[33] Following a number of such comments, he was asked in March 2011 if he would feel comfortable appointing a Muslim to his administration or as a Judge. Cain said "No, I will not ... There's this creeping attempt, there's this attempt, to gradually ease Shariah Law, and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government"[34][35] and he went on to cite court cases in Oklahoma[36] and New Jersey as evidence.[37] He was criticized for this remark by conservatives at Grover Norquist's weekly Wednesday Gatherings, one of whom called the remark "frightening."[38] Cain's statement was also criticized as "bigotry" and "muslim bashing" from CAIR, whose spokesperson stated "It would be laughable if it weren't having such a negative impact on the lives of Muslim Americans".[39][40] Cain opposed the building of an Islamic Center for a Muslim community at a site in Tennessee, claiming that it was "an infringement and an abuse of our freedom of religion" and "just another way to try to gradually sneak Shariah law into our laws".[41] Defending himself against the suggestion that this would be bigotry or discrimination during an interview with Chris Wallace, he defended his position, saying "I'm willing to take a harder look at people who might be terrorists, that's what I'm saying".[42]
Cain has faced criticism regarding his lack of foreign policy experience and stumbled early in the campaign when answering a question regarding the Palestinian right of return as he appeared unfamiliar with the issue and staff were forced to later clarify his position. [43]
In an interview with Bloomberg view, Cain argued that he is a 'black American' rather than an 'African American' on account of being able to trace his ancestors within the US, describing Barack Obama as "more of an international...look, he was raised in Kenya, his mother was white from Kansas and her family had an influence on him, it’s true, but his dad was Kenyan". Interviewer Jeffrey Goldberg pointed out that Obama had spent 4 years of his childhood abroad, and that it was in Indonesia – not Kenya, at which point Cain revised his claim.[44][45]
[edit] Polling results
On May 5, 2011 Fox News presented a presidential campaign debate. Cain was one of five potential candidates who participated. (The others were Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul, Gary Johnson and Rick Santorum as the higher-profile candidates declined Fox's invitation.) Cain was declared the winner by pollster Frank Luntz after a show of hands among 29 debate witnesses who were chosen by Fox to act as a post-performance focus group.[46][47]
On June 3, 2011, an Insider-Advantage poll showed Cain leading the field of Republican primary candidates among Georgia Republicans.[48] A July 2011 Zogby poll showed Cain in second place nationally, with 18% of the vote, behind Michele Bachmann and ahead of Romney.[49]
On September 24, 2011, Cain won a surprise victory in a Republican presidential straw poll in Florida, with 37 percent of the 2,657 votes cast. The front-runner Rick Perry, who had been leading in the polls, came in second with 15 percent.[50]
[edit] Presidential campaign staff
• Mark Block - Chief of Staff
• Linda Hansen - Deputy Chief of Staff
• Scott Bieniek - Vice President and General Counsel
• Alvin Edwards - Community Liaison
[edit] Political positions
Main article: Political positions of Herman Cain
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Religious involvement
Cain is an associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta, which he joined at the age of 10.[51] The church is part of the National Baptist Convention, USA.[52] A sometimes gospel vocalist, Cain performed on the 13-track album Sunday Morning released by Selah Sound Production & Melodic Praise Records in 1996.[53]
[edit] Cancer
In 2006, Cain was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer in both his colon and his liver. Cain underwent surgery and chemotherapy following the diagnosis, and has since reported that he is cancer-free.[54]
[edit] Race
Cain has shared first-hand accounts of racial discrimination. In a YouTube video uploaded by his campaign,[55] he describes the experience of sitting behind the white/black demarcation on buses. He also talks about the experience of taking turns with his brother, standing watch as each took a drink from the "white" side of a segregated water fountain in a department store.
[edit] Honorary degrees
Cain is the recipient of eight honorary degrees from Creighton, Johnson & Wales, Morehouse College, Nebraska, New York City Technical College, Purdue University, Suffolk University, and Tougaloo College.[14]
[edit] Notable works
• Cain, Herman (October 2011). This Is Herman Cain: My Journey To The White House. Threshold Editions. ISBN 978-1451666137.
[edit] References
1. ^ "Mitt Romney is a Mormon and I am a Baptist: Get Over It!". Economicfreedomcoalition.com. http://www.economicfreedomcoalition.com ... 102907.asp. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
2. ^ "Picture of the Day: Herman Cain in High School and College". The Atlantic. 2011-05-20. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc ... ge/239225/. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
3. ^ a b King Jr., Neil (May 9, 2011). "GOP Debate Fuels a Long Shot". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 95408.html. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
4. ^ "Tea Party Favorite Herman Cain Joins 2012 GOP Race". Foxnews.com. 2010-04-07. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05 ... -gop-race/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
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8. ^ a b c Green, Joshua Herman Cain, the GOP Wild Card, The Atlantic
9. ^ "Purdue University – College of Science – Herman Cain". Purdue University. https://www.science.purdue.edu/for-alum ... erman-cain. Retrieved May 20, 2011. "2004 Honorary Doctoral Recipient Computer Science, M.S. 1971"
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11. ^ Sickinger, Ted (August 27, 1996). "KCP&L head temporarily fills KC Fed Bank post". Kansas City Star: p. D.20.
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18. ^ Green, Joshua (January 17, 2011) Watch Herman Cain Battle Bill Clinton on Health Care, The Atlantic
19. ^ Posted by: admin. "Herman Cain". Rlc2011.com. http://www.rlc2011.com/speakers_list/herman-cain/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
20. ^ Lewis, Matt. "Herman Cain: Possible 'Dark Horse' 2012 GOP Presidential Candidate". Politics Daily. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/11 ... l-candida/. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
21. ^ Roig-Franzia, Manuel (July 18, 2004). "Cain Makes Inroads in Ga. Senate Bid". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dy ... -2004Jul17.
22. ^ "Three Republicans battling for spots in Georgia's likely Senate runoff". New.accessnorthga.com. 2004-03-27. http://new.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=172858. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
23. ^ "United States Senator". Sos.georgia.gov. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/electi ... 000120.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
24. ^ "Herman Cain at SRLC". The Right Scoop. 2010-04-10. http://www.therightscoop.com/herman-cain-at-srlc/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
25. ^ Lewis, Matt (July 12, 2010) "Herman Cain: Possible 'Dark Horse' 2012 GOP Presidential Candidate", Politics Daily. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
26. ^ Pappas, Alex (September 24, 2010), "Herman Cain, former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, is contemplating 2012 run", The Daily Caller, http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/24/herma ... -2012-run/, retrieved September 24, 2010
27. ^ Travis, Shannon (January 12, 2011) "Herman Cain talks to CNN on announcing presidential exploratory committee", CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
28. ^ Bernstein, David S. (January 12, 2011) 'Avoiding the "First Primary'?", The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
29. ^ Citizen Cain, National Review (Jan. 14, 2011)
30. ^ "Herman Cain at CPAC: We Are Fighting Back". Humanevents.com. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=41734. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
31. ^ Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:15pm by Scott Baker (2011-02-12). "Did Herman Cain Give the ‘Don’t Miss’ Speech at CPAC?". Theblaze.com. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-her ... h-at-cpac/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
32. ^ "The strange, racist attack on Herman Cain". Hotair.com. http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/15/t ... rman-cain/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
33. ^ "Cain denies claims he said he would not appoint Muslims". Politifact.com. http://politifact.com/georgia/statement ... ppoint-mu/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
34. ^ "Herman Cain: 'I Would Not' Appoint a Muslim in My Administration". Fox News. March 28, 2011. http://nation.foxnews.com/herman-cain/2 ... nistration. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
35. ^ Ward, Jon (March 27, 2011). "Herman Cain Says He Won't Stay on Democratic 'Plantation,' Raises Specter of Sharia Law". Huffington Post (USA). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/2 ... sharia-law. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
36. ^ Mears, Bill (November 29, 2010). "Judge issues permanent injunction on Oklahoma Sharia law ban". CNN. http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-29/us/o ... w?_s=PM:US. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
37. ^ "Sharia Law Comes to New Jersey?". Fox News. August 6, 2010. http://nation.foxnews.com/justice/2010/ ... new-jersey. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
38. ^ Lake, Eli. "The Republican Foreign Policy Consensus Has Collapsed. Which Candidate’s Worldview Will Prevail?". The New Republic. http://www.tnr.com/article/world/magazi ... TFjOWY4NWI. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
39. ^ Travis, Shannon (March 28, 2011). "Herman Cain assailed as 'bigoted' over Muslim remarks". CNN. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... remarks-2/. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
40. ^ "CAIR Calls Herman Cain a 'Bigot'". Fox News. March 28, 2011. http://nation.foxnews.com/herman-cain/2 ... cain-bigot. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
41. ^ "Herman Cain: Islamic Center Of Murfreesboro Would Spread Extremism". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/1 ... 99499.html. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
42. ^ "Herman Cain: Americans Have The Right To Ban Mosques In Their Communities". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/1 ... 00939.html. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
43. ^ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55484.html
44. ^ Alter, Jonathan (2011-06-13). "Herman Cain on Why ‘The Black Guy Is Winning’: Jeffrey Goldberg". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-1 ... defined,0_. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
45. ^ "Herman Cain: Obama 'Was Raised In Kenya'". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/1 ... 75896.html. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
46. ^ Frank Luntz (May 5, 2011). Fox News. http://elections.americablog.com/2011/0 ... group.html.
47. ^ Fox News post-debate broadcast
48. ^ Insider-Advantage-WSB-TV "Cain Georgia Poll". http://www.wsbtv.com/politics/28124445/detail.html Insider-Advantage-WSB-TV.
49. ^ "IBOPE Zogby GOP Presidential Poll: Bachmann Continues to Lead Announced Field; Perry's Entry Would Put Him on Top". http://zogby.com/news/2011/07/26/ibope- ... d-put-him/.
50. ^ "Cain upsets Perry in Florida Republican straw poll". Reuters. 2011-09-24. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/ ... RE20110925. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
51. ^ Brody, David (March 22, 2011). "Herman Cain's Story of God's Healing Power". Christian Broadcasting Network. http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archi ... power.aspx. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
52. ^ "Antioch Baptist Church North : Atlanta, Georgia". USA Churches. http://www.usachurches.org/church/antio ... -north.htm. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
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54. ^ "– Herman Cain's SRLC Speech – Uploaded by rightscoop". Viddler.com. 2010-04-10. http://www.viddler.com/explore/rightscoop/videos/22/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
55. ^ "Herman Cain – "Water"". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfwxTgh25rs. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Herman Cain
• Herman Cain, President 2012 official campaign website
• Column archives at the North Star Writers Group
• Profile at Forbes
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Appearances at the Internet Movie Database
• Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Collected news and commentary at The Wall Street Journal
• Collected news and commentary at The Guardian
• Works by or about Herman Cain in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Profile at Notable Names Database
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Watch Herman Cain Battle Bill Clinton on Health Care, Joshua Green, The Atlantic, January 2011, with Profile
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Preceded by
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1986–2002 Succeeded by
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He’s not a career politician (in fact he has never held political office). He’s known as a pizza guy, but there’s a lot more to him. He’s also a computer guy, a banker guy, and a rocket scientist guy.
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—
STACK THAT UP AGAINST THE 'COMMUNITY ORGANIZER'....
Herman Cain may have the most impressive resume of anyone that has run for the presidency in the last half century.
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Herman Cain
Cain in February 2011.
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
In office
1995–1996
Preceded by Burton A. Dole, Jr
Succeeded by A. Drue Jennings
Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
In office
1992–1994
Preceded by Burton A. Dole, Jr
Succeeded by A. Drue Jennings
Personal details
Born December 13, 1945 (1945-12-13) (age 65)
Memphis, Tennessee, US
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Gloria Cain
Children Melanie Cain and Vincent Cain
Residence Sandy Springs, Georgia, US
Alma mater
Morehouse College (mathematics, 1967)
Purdue University
Masters, computer science, 1971)
Occupation Businessman
Radio host
Columnist
Religion National Baptist[1]
Website hermancain.com
Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is an American businessman, politician, syndicated columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He is the former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza and a former deputy chairman (1992–94) and chairman (1995–96) of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Before his business career he worked as a mathematician in ballistics as a civilian employee of the United States Navy.[2][3] He lives in the Atlanta suburbs, where he also serves as a minister at Antioch Baptist Church North.
In January 2011, Cain announced he had formed an exploratory committee for a potential presidential campaign for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, and on May 21, 2011, Cain officially announced his candidacy.[4] In September 2011, Cain won a surprise victory in a Republican presidential straw poll in Florida, beating rival Rick Perry who was leading in the polls.[5]
Contents
• 1 Background
• 2 Business career
• 3 Media work
• 4 Political activities
o 4.1 Role in the defeat of the Clinton health care plan
o 4.2 1996 Senior Advisor of Dole/Kemp Campaign
o 4.3 2000 presidential campaign
o 4.4 2004 U.S. Senate candidacy
o 4.5 2012 presidential candidacy
4.5.1 Controversial remarks
4.5.2 Polling results
4.5.3 Presidential campaign staff
• 5 Political positions
• 6 Personal life
o 6.1 Religious involvement
o 6.2 Cancer
o 6.3 Race
o 6.4 Honorary degrees
• 7 Notable works
• 8 References
• 9 External links
[edit] Background
Cain was born in Memphis, Tennessee, son of Luther Cain, Jr. and his wife Lenora Davis.[6][7] His mother was a cleaning woman and his father, who was raised on a farm, was a chauffeur.[3] He grew up in Georgia.[8] Cain graduated from Morehouse College in 1967 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics, and received a Master of Science degree in computer science from Purdue University in 1971,[9] when he was also working full-time in ballistics for the U.S. Department of the Navy. He is the author of four books: Leadership is Common Sense (1997), Speak as a Leader (1999), CEO of SELF (October 2001), and They Think You're Stupid (May 2005). He also wrote "The Intangibles of Implementation" in the technical journal Interfaces (Vol. 9, No. 5, 1979, pp. 144-147), published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
[edit] Business career
After completing his master's degree from Purdue, Cain left the Department of the Navy and began working for The Coca-Cola Company in Atlanta as a business analyst. In 1977, he moved to Minneapolis to join Pillsbury, soon becoming director of analysis in its restaurant and foods group in 1978. He was assigned in the 1980s first to analyze and ultimately to take the reigns of Burger King, which at the time was a Pillsbury subsidiary, where he managed 400 stores in the Philadelphia area. Under Cain's leadership, his region went in three years from the least profitable for Burger King to the most profitable. This prompted Pillsbury to appoint him President and CEO of another subsidiary, Godfather's Pizza. Aiming to cut costs, Cain over a 14-month period reduced the company from 911 stores down to 420. As a result of his efforts, Godfather's Pizza finally became profitable. 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 was asked to resign by the board.
Later that year he became CEO of the 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.[10]
Cain became a member of the board of directors of the 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.[11] Cain was a 1996 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award.[12]
Cain was on the board of directors of Aquila, Inc. from 1992 to 2008, and also served as a board member for Nabisco, Whirlpool, Reader's Digest, and AGCO, Inc.[13][14][15]
[edit] Media work
Cain serves as a commentator for Fox Business. He writes a syndicated op-ed column which is distributed by the North Star Writers Group. Until February 2011, Cain hosted The Herman Cain Show on Atlanta talk radio station News Talk 750 WSB, a Cox Radio affiliate. 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, tax cuts, energy independence, capping government spending, and restructuring Social Security.[16]
[edit] Political activities
[edit] Role in the defeat of the Clinton health care plan
Cain publicly opposed the 1993/1994 health care plan of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. 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 of Newsweek described Cain as one of the primary opponents of the plan:
The Clintons would later blame "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 black entrepreneur, Cain transformed the debate when he challenged Clinton at a town meeting in Kansas City, Mo.. 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."[17]
Joshua Green of The Atlantic has called Cain's exchange with Clinton his "auspicious debut on the national political stage."[18]
[edit] 1996 Senior Advisor of Dole/Kemp Campaign
Cain was a senior economic advisor to the Dole/Kemp presidential campaign in 1996.[19]
[edit] 2000 presidential campaign
Cain briefly ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000; he says it was more about making political statements than winning the nomination. "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." [20]
[edit] 2004 U.S. Senate candidacy
Main article: United States Senate election in Georgia, 2004
In 2004, Cain ran for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, pursuing the seat that came open with the retirement of Democrat Zell Miller. Cain sought the Republican nomination, facing congressmen Johnny Isakson and 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] Collins tried to paint Cain as a moderate,[21] citing Cain's support for affirmative action programs, while Cain argued that he was a conservative, noting that he opposed the legality of abortion except when the mother's life is threatened.[22] 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.[23]
[edit] 2012 presidential candidacy
Main article: Herman Cain presidential campaign, 2012
Cain speaking at the Ames Straw Poll in August 2011.
In 2010, "Cain addressed more than 40 Tea Party rallies, hit all the early presidential states, and became a YouTube sensation."[8] In April, he teased the audience at the Southern Republican Leadership Conference about his being a possible 2012 presidential candidate by saying that there may be a "dark horse candidate."[24][25] On September 24, 2010, Cain announced that he was considering a run for president in 2012 on the Republican Party ticket.[26] "In December, he was the surprise choice for 2012 GOP nominee in a reader poll on the conservative Web site RedState.com, narrowly edging out [Sarah] Palin."[8]
Cain announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee on January 12, 2011 on the Fox News Channel program Your World with Neil Cavuto.[27][28]
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's stimulus plan as simply a "spending bill" instead of meaningful stimulus through permanent tax cuts.[29]
In February 2011, Cain addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).[30] Ed Morrisey of the conservative website Hot Air said he "stole the show" and that some attendees were moved to tears by the speech.[31] In contrast, liberal website AlterNet accused Cain of pandering to white conservatives and referred to him and other black conservatives as "garbage pail kids". Cain called the news website's attacks racist and condemned its "shameful behavior".[32]
[edit] Controversial remarks
A number of comments made by Cain regarding his attitudes towards Muslim people have caused controversy. He has stated that he was "uncomfortable" when he found that the surgeon operating on his liver and colon cancer was Muslim, later explaining "based upon the little knowledge that I have of the Muslim religion, you know, they have an objective to convert all infidels or kill them".[33] Following a number of such comments, he was asked in March 2011 if he would feel comfortable appointing a Muslim to his administration or as a Judge. Cain said "No, I will not ... There's this creeping attempt, there's this attempt, to gradually ease Shariah Law, and the Muslim faith into our government. It does not belong in our government"[34][35] and he went on to cite court cases in Oklahoma[36] and New Jersey as evidence.[37] He was criticized for this remark by conservatives at Grover Norquist's weekly Wednesday Gatherings, one of whom called the remark "frightening."[38] Cain's statement was also criticized as "bigotry" and "muslim bashing" from CAIR, whose spokesperson stated "It would be laughable if it weren't having such a negative impact on the lives of Muslim Americans".[39][40] Cain opposed the building of an Islamic Center for a Muslim community at a site in Tennessee, claiming that it was "an infringement and an abuse of our freedom of religion" and "just another way to try to gradually sneak Shariah law into our laws".[41] Defending himself against the suggestion that this would be bigotry or discrimination during an interview with Chris Wallace, he defended his position, saying "I'm willing to take a harder look at people who might be terrorists, that's what I'm saying".[42]
Cain has faced criticism regarding his lack of foreign policy experience and stumbled early in the campaign when answering a question regarding the Palestinian right of return as he appeared unfamiliar with the issue and staff were forced to later clarify his position. [43]
In an interview with Bloomberg view, Cain argued that he is a 'black American' rather than an 'African American' on account of being able to trace his ancestors within the US, describing Barack Obama as "more of an international...look, he was raised in Kenya, his mother was white from Kansas and her family had an influence on him, it’s true, but his dad was Kenyan". Interviewer Jeffrey Goldberg pointed out that Obama had spent 4 years of his childhood abroad, and that it was in Indonesia – not Kenya, at which point Cain revised his claim.[44][45]
[edit] Polling results
On May 5, 2011 Fox News presented a presidential campaign debate. Cain was one of five potential candidates who participated. (The others were Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul, Gary Johnson and Rick Santorum as the higher-profile candidates declined Fox's invitation.) Cain was declared the winner by pollster Frank Luntz after a show of hands among 29 debate witnesses who were chosen by Fox to act as a post-performance focus group.[46][47]
On June 3, 2011, an Insider-Advantage poll showed Cain leading the field of Republican primary candidates among Georgia Republicans.[48] A July 2011 Zogby poll showed Cain in second place nationally, with 18% of the vote, behind Michele Bachmann and ahead of Romney.[49]
On September 24, 2011, Cain won a surprise victory in a Republican presidential straw poll in Florida, with 37 percent of the 2,657 votes cast. The front-runner Rick Perry, who had been leading in the polls, came in second with 15 percent.[50]
[edit] Presidential campaign staff
• Mark Block - Chief of Staff
• Linda Hansen - Deputy Chief of Staff
• Scott Bieniek - Vice President and General Counsel
• Alvin Edwards - Community Liaison
[edit] Political positions
Main article: Political positions of Herman Cain
[edit] Personal life
[edit] Religious involvement
Cain is an associate minister at Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta, which he joined at the age of 10.[51] The church is part of the National Baptist Convention, USA.[52] A sometimes gospel vocalist, Cain performed on the 13-track album Sunday Morning released by Selah Sound Production & Melodic Praise Records in 1996.[53]
[edit] Cancer
In 2006, Cain was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer in both his colon and his liver. Cain underwent surgery and chemotherapy following the diagnosis, and has since reported that he is cancer-free.[54]
[edit] Race
Cain has shared first-hand accounts of racial discrimination. In a YouTube video uploaded by his campaign,[55] he describes the experience of sitting behind the white/black demarcation on buses. He also talks about the experience of taking turns with his brother, standing watch as each took a drink from the "white" side of a segregated water fountain in a department store.
[edit] Honorary degrees
Cain is the recipient of eight honorary degrees from Creighton, Johnson & Wales, Morehouse College, Nebraska, New York City Technical College, Purdue University, Suffolk University, and Tougaloo College.[14]
[edit] Notable works
• Cain, Herman (October 2011). This Is Herman Cain: My Journey To The White House. Threshold Editions. ISBN 978-1451666137.
[edit] References
1. ^ "Mitt Romney is a Mormon and I am a Baptist: Get Over It!". Economicfreedomcoalition.com. http://www.economicfreedomcoalition.com ... 102907.asp. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
2. ^ "Picture of the Day: Herman Cain in High School and College". The Atlantic. 2011-05-20. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc ... ge/239225/. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
3. ^ a b King Jr., Neil (May 9, 2011). "GOP Debate Fuels a Long Shot". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142 ... 95408.html. Retrieved May 16, 2011.
4. ^ "Tea Party Favorite Herman Cain Joins 2012 GOP Race". Foxnews.com. 2010-04-07. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/05 ... -gop-race/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
5. ^ "Cain upsets Perry in Florida Republican straw poll". Reuters. 2011-09-24. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/ ... RE20110925. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
6. ^ "Herman Cain 2012: The Story of a Self-Made Man". Ibtimes.com. 2011-05-21. http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/149706/ ... n-2012.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
7. ^ politicks Org. "Cain's Parents and Grandparents". 2012.republican-candidates.org. http://2012.republican-candidates.org/C ... arents.php. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
8. ^ a b c Green, Joshua Herman Cain, the GOP Wild Card, The Atlantic
9. ^ "Purdue University – College of Science – Herman Cain". Purdue University. https://www.science.purdue.edu/for-alum ... erman-cain. Retrieved May 20, 2011. "2004 Honorary Doctoral Recipient Computer Science, M.S. 1971"
10. ^ "Herman Cain". Think-it-inc.com. http://www.think-it-inc.com/HermanCain.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
11. ^ Sickinger, Ted (August 27, 1996). "KCP&L head temporarily fills KC Fed Bank post". Kansas City Star: p. D.20.
12. ^ "Herman Cain". Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. http://www.horatioalger.org/members_inf ... erid=CAI96. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
13. ^ Forbes.Com. http://people.forbes.com/profile/herman-cain/2151. Retrieved May 28, 2011.
14. ^ a b Herman Cain. "Executive Profile: Herman Cain". Investing.businessweek.com. http://investing.businessweek.com/resea ... OOL%20CORP. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
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16. ^ [1][dead link]
17. ^ Cohn, Bob (September 19, 1994). "The Lost Chance". Newsweek. http://www.newsweek.com/1994/09/18/the- ... print.html. Retrieved September 18, 2010.
18. ^ Green, Joshua (January 17, 2011) Watch Herman Cain Battle Bill Clinton on Health Care, The Atlantic
19. ^ Posted by: admin. "Herman Cain". Rlc2011.com. http://www.rlc2011.com/speakers_list/herman-cain/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
20. ^ Lewis, Matt. "Herman Cain: Possible 'Dark Horse' 2012 GOP Presidential Candidate". Politics Daily. http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/07/11 ... l-candida/. Retrieved June 24, 2011.
21. ^ Roig-Franzia, Manuel (July 18, 2004). "Cain Makes Inroads in Ga. Senate Bid". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dy ... -2004Jul17.
22. ^ "Three Republicans battling for spots in Georgia's likely Senate runoff". New.accessnorthga.com. 2004-03-27. http://new.accessnorthga.com/detail.php?n=172858. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
23. ^ "United States Senator". Sos.georgia.gov. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/electi ... 000120.htm. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
24. ^ "Herman Cain at SRLC". The Right Scoop. 2010-04-10. http://www.therightscoop.com/herman-cain-at-srlc/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
25. ^ Lewis, Matt (July 12, 2010) "Herman Cain: Possible 'Dark Horse' 2012 GOP Presidential Candidate", Politics Daily. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
26. ^ Pappas, Alex (September 24, 2010), "Herman Cain, former Godfather’s Pizza CEO, is contemplating 2012 run", The Daily Caller, http://dailycaller.com/2010/09/24/herma ... -2012-run/, retrieved September 24, 2010
27. ^ Travis, Shannon (January 12, 2011) "Herman Cain talks to CNN on announcing presidential exploratory committee", CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
28. ^ Bernstein, David S. (January 12, 2011) 'Avoiding the "First Primary'?", The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
29. ^ Citizen Cain, National Review (Jan. 14, 2011)
30. ^ "Herman Cain at CPAC: We Are Fighting Back". Humanevents.com. http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=41734. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
31. ^ Posted on February 12, 2011 at 3:15pm by Scott Baker (2011-02-12). "Did Herman Cain Give the ‘Don’t Miss’ Speech at CPAC?". Theblaze.com. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/did-her ... h-at-cpac/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
32. ^ "The strange, racist attack on Herman Cain". Hotair.com. http://hotair.com/archives/2011/02/15/t ... rman-cain/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
33. ^ "Cain denies claims he said he would not appoint Muslims". Politifact.com. http://politifact.com/georgia/statement ... ppoint-mu/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
34. ^ "Herman Cain: 'I Would Not' Appoint a Muslim in My Administration". Fox News. March 28, 2011. http://nation.foxnews.com/herman-cain/2 ... nistration. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
35. ^ Ward, Jon (March 27, 2011). "Herman Cain Says He Won't Stay on Democratic 'Plantation,' Raises Specter of Sharia Law". Huffington Post (USA). http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/2 ... sharia-law. Retrieved May 17, 2011.
36. ^ Mears, Bill (November 29, 2010). "Judge issues permanent injunction on Oklahoma Sharia law ban". CNN. http://articles.cnn.com/2010-11-29/us/o ... w?_s=PM:US. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
37. ^ "Sharia Law Comes to New Jersey?". Fox News. August 6, 2010. http://nation.foxnews.com/justice/2010/ ... new-jersey. Retrieved May 12, 2011.
38. ^ Lake, Eli. "The Republican Foreign Policy Consensus Has Collapsed. Which Candidate’s Worldview Will Prevail?". The New Republic. http://www.tnr.com/article/world/magazi ... TFjOWY4NWI. Retrieved 4 August 2011.
39. ^ Travis, Shannon (March 28, 2011). "Herman Cain assailed as 'bigoted' over Muslim remarks". CNN. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... remarks-2/. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
40. ^ "CAIR Calls Herman Cain a 'Bigot'". Fox News. March 28, 2011. http://nation.foxnews.com/herman-cain/2 ... cain-bigot. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
41. ^ "Herman Cain: Islamic Center Of Murfreesboro Would Spread Extremism". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/1 ... 99499.html. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
42. ^ "Herman Cain: Americans Have The Right To Ban Mosques In Their Communities". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/07/1 ... 00939.html. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
43. ^ http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55484.html
44. ^ Alter, Jonathan (2011-06-13). "Herman Cain on Why ‘The Black Guy Is Winning’: Jeffrey Goldberg". Bloomberg. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-1 ... defined,0_. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
45. ^ "Herman Cain: Obama 'Was Raised In Kenya'". Huffingtonpost.com. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/1 ... 75896.html. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
46. ^ Frank Luntz (May 5, 2011). Fox News. http://elections.americablog.com/2011/0 ... group.html.
47. ^ Fox News post-debate broadcast
48. ^ Insider-Advantage-WSB-TV "Cain Georgia Poll". http://www.wsbtv.com/politics/28124445/detail.html Insider-Advantage-WSB-TV.
49. ^ "IBOPE Zogby GOP Presidential Poll: Bachmann Continues to Lead Announced Field; Perry's Entry Would Put Him on Top". http://zogby.com/news/2011/07/26/ibope- ... d-put-him/.
50. ^ "Cain upsets Perry in Florida Republican straw poll". Reuters. 2011-09-24. http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/ ... RE20110925. Retrieved 2011-09-25.
51. ^ Brody, David (March 22, 2011). "Herman Cain's Story of God's Healing Power". Christian Broadcasting Network. http://blogs.cbn.com/thebrodyfile/archi ... power.aspx. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
52. ^ "Antioch Baptist Church North : Atlanta, Georgia". USA Churches. http://www.usachurches.org/church/antio ... -north.htm. Retrieved June 6, 2011.
53. ^ Schwarz, Gabriella (July 11, 2011), Cain gets his gospel singing on, CNN, http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/20 ... inging-on/
54. ^ "– Herman Cain's SRLC Speech – Uploaded by rightscoop". Viddler.com. 2010-04-10. http://www.viddler.com/explore/rightscoop/videos/22/. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
55. ^ "Herman Cain – "Water"". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfwxTgh25rs. Retrieved 2011-08-06.
[edit] External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Herman Cain
• Herman Cain, President 2012 official campaign website
• Column archives at the North Star Writers Group
• Profile at Forbes
• Biography at WhoRunsGov.com at The Washington Post
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
• Issue positions and quotes at On The Issues
• Campaign finance reports and data at the Federal Election Commission
• Appearances on C-SPAN programs
• Appearances at the Internet Movie Database
• Collected news and commentary at The New York Times
• Collected news and commentary at The Wall Street Journal
• Collected news and commentary at The Guardian
• Works by or about Herman Cain in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
• Profile at Notable Names Database
• Financial information at OpenSecrets.org
• Watch Herman Cain Battle Bill Clinton on Health Care, Joshua Green, The Atlantic, January 2011, with Profile
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Preceded by
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