(Image via Addictinginfo) Pizza King, Pokeman movie quoter,  and one time Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain has been ramping up his media appearances  of late, potentially testing the waters for a 2016 Presidential campaign, or maybe to promote his new internet TV ...read more

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

Alyona Minkovski interviews Rocky Anderson, the former Mayor of Salt Lake City who is running as a third party presidential candidate for the Justice Party: And while you might laugh about the viability of a third party candidate, Gary Younge of the Guardian reminds us that in ...read more

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

Every time I put aside an evening to watch the GOP debates, I find myself unable to muster the strength to sit through 90 minutes of one of the most embarassing spectacles in US political history. I must confess that I have only seen segments of some of the debates - all of ...read more

Oliver Willis on Republicans blatant hypocrisy over the Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal: It is sort of hilarious to watch the same people who quite literally caused a constitutional crisis over half-baked allegations against Bill Clinton now insist that not only is ...read more

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

According to a Quinnipiac poll, Obama is now matching up rather nicely against the current GOP field: 47 - 42 percent over Romney, compared to a 46 - 42 percent Romney lead October 5; 52 - 36 percent over Perry, up from a 45 - 44 percent tie last month; 50 - 40 percent over ...read more

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

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

Image via Wikipedia It is a sad state of affairs when praise is doled out to politicians who refuse to engage in crass prejudice or race baiting, but when it comes to the current incarnation of the GOP, not being a racist is now a big deal. Here's Mitt Romney response to a ...read more