Yes, Herman Cain, the man who's main claim to fame was his proposal to slash all taxes to 9% and a series of seedy sexual harassment cases believes he would be beating President Obama right now if he was running on the Republican ticket. From the Gainsville Sun: “Stupid people ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Andrew Sullivan on the farcical Presidential candidacy of Herman Cain that has finally come to an end: He was also emblematic of contemporary conservatism's degeneracy into an extension of an entertainment franchise. Whatever else can be said of Cain, he sure was ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Chez Pazienza on the unfortunate reality Herman Cain is now facing: A gaffe-prone black guy won't win the GOP nomination if there's an equally conservative gaffe-prone white guy to get behind. And a cartoonish pizza salesman with zero governmental experience who in the span ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

The GOP front runner finds himself in some hot water: I don't want to jump on any bandwagons here - the allegations are just those - allegations, and Cain is innocent until proved guilty. It will be interesting to see how he responds to the revelation though as it could ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018

Image by TalkMediaNews via Flickr Herman Cain's tax proposal, labelled '9-9-9', is the latest in a long line of GOP gimmicks designed to appeal to tax hating middle Americans. The 'plan' would be to cut corporate taxes from 40% to 9%, Federal income tax from 35% to 9%, and ...read more

• By Ben Cohen
  Nov 9, 2018