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Herman Cain
Cain in February 2011.
Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
In office
1995–1996
Preceded byBurton A. Dole, Jr
Succeeded byA. Drue Jennings
Deputy Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
In office
1992–1994
Preceded byBurton A. Dole, Jr
Succeeded byA. Drue Jennings
Personal details
Born (1945-12-13) December 13, 1945 (age 79)
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGloria Cain
ChildrenMelanie Cain and Vincent Cain
Residence(s)Georgia, U.S.
Alma materMorehouse College (B.A.)
Purdue University (M.S.)
OccupationRadio Host
Columnist
Businessman
Politician
Websitehermancain.com

Herman Cain (born December 13, 1945) is a businessman, political activist, columnist, and radio host from Georgia. He is best known as the former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza. He is a former deputy chairman (1992–94) and chairman (1995–96) of the civilian board of directors to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. Before his business and economics career he worked on ballistics for the United States Navy.[2] Cain's newspaper column is distributed by North Star Writers Group. He lives in the Atlanta suburbs.

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.[3]

Background

Cain was born in Memphis, Tennessee on December 13, 1945 to African American parents Luther and Lenora Cain. His mother was a cleaner and his father was a chauffeur.[2] He was raised in Georgia.[4] He 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,[5] while he was also working full-time in ballistics for the U.S. Department of the Navy. Cain has authored 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).

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 as a business analyst. In 1977, he joined Pillsbury where he rose to the position of vice president by the early 1980s. He left his executive post to work for Burger King – a Pillsbury subsidiary at the time – managing 400 stores in the Philadelphia area. Under Cain's leadership, his region went from the least profitable for Burger King to the most profitable in three years. This prompted Pillsbury to appoint him president and CEO of Godfather's Pizza, another of their then-subsidiaries. Within 14 months, Cain had returned Godfather's to profitability. In 1988, Cain and a group of investors bought Godfather's from Pillsbury. Cain continued as CEO until 1996, when he resigned to become 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.[6]

Cain became a member of the board of directors to 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.[7] Cain was a 1996 recipient of the Horatio Alger Award.[8]

Media work

Cain hosted The Herman Cain Show on Atlanta talk radio station News Talk 750 WSB, a CNN radio affiliate until February 2011 and serves as a commentator for Fox Business and a syndicated columnist distributed by the North Star Writers Group. 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.[9]

Political activities

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. While president-elect of the National Restaurant Association he challenged Bill Clinton on the costs of the employer mandate contained within the bill, criticizing its effect on small businesses. Cain has been described as one of the primary "saboteurs" of the 1993/1994 health care plan of President Bill Clinton and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton:

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., last April. 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."[10]

Joshua Green of The Atlantic has called Cain's exchange with Clinton his "auspicious debut on the national political stage."[11]

1996 Senior Adviser of Dole/Kemp Campaign

Cain was a senior economic adviser to the Dole/ Kemp presidential campaign in 1996.[12]

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,[13] citing Cain's support for affirmative action programs, while Cain argued that he was a conservative, noting that he opposed the legality of abortion even in cases of rape and incest.[14] 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.[15]

2012 presidential candidacy

Main article: Herman Cain presidential campaign, 2012

In 2010, "Cain addressed more than 40 Tea Party rallies, hit all the early presidential states, and became a YouTube sensation."[4] 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."[16][17] On September 24, 2010, Cain announced that he was considering a run for president in 2012 on the Republican Party ticket.[18] "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 Palin."[4]

Cain announced the formation of a presidential exploratory committee on January 12, 2011 on the Fox News Channel program Your World with Neil Cavuto.[19] [20]

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.[21]

In December 2010, Jonah Goldberg of the National Review wrote of Cain: "it’s hard to imagine him amounting to more than an exciting also-ran."[22]

In February 2011, Cain addressed the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC).[23] Ed Morrisey of the conservative website Hot Air said he "stole the show" and that some attendees were moved to tears by the speech.[24] 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".[25]

Following a number of comments made by Cain regarding his attitudes toward Muslim people, 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"[26][27] and he went on to cite court cases in Oklahoma[28] and New Jersey as evidence.[29] This led to criticisms of "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".[30][31]

After the May 5, 2011 Fox News-sponsored Presidential debate, Cain was declared the winner by pollster Frank Luntz.[32][33]

Political positions

Economic

Cain believes economic growth can be achieved by implementing policies that emphasize less legislation, less regulation, lower taxes, and business friendly policies.[34]

Taxes

Cain supports lowering the corporate tax rates from 35 to 25 percent, eliminating the capital gains tax, and suspending taxes on repatriated foreign profits.[35] He also supports elimination of the estate tax, often pejoratively referred to as the "death tax" by detractors.[36]

Fair Tax

Cain is a strong supporter of the Fair Tax.[37] This would replace all federal personal and corporate income taxes with a national consumption tax of 23%, while remaining revenue neutral.

Bank bailouts

Cain supported the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) bank bailouts as a way to save the economy, viewing it as an investment opportunity for the taxpayers. In a 2008 editorial, Cain wrote, "Owning a part of the major banks in America is not a bad thing. We could make a profit while solving a problem.".[38] In May 2011, regarding his TARP support, Cain said "I don’t have any regrets".... "I studied the situation. I didn’t have trouble with the idea; I had trouble with its implementation, picking winners and losers."[39]

Federal Reserve

In early 2011, Cain stated on his radio show that there was no need for an audit of the Federal Reserve (Cain objected to auditng the Federal Reserve in 2010 while hosting the Neil Boortz show).[40] Cain has clarified, however, that while such an audit is not a high priority for him, neither does he object to it.

Gold standard

Cain announced his support of the gold standard on a radio program in late 2010:

"Yes I believe in the gold standard. We should have never gotten off the gold standard because when we got off the gold standard, that then allowed Congress to inflate our currency whenever they overspent. Now look at the mess that we have."[41]

Welfare

In an interview with Christianity Today, Cain stated, "Programs today are designed to make people more dependent rather than less dependent."[42]

Social Security

Cain favors a position of reforming the current system, but not privatizing it.[43]

Social

Abortion

Cain is pro-life and opposes abortion. He believes that life begins at conception. He favors defunding Planned Parenthood.[44]

Education

Cain believes that education is vital to success and favors performance incentives for teachers. Cain also favors vouchers and charter school systems.[45]

Energy and the Environment

Cain favors offshore drilling and favors drilling in ANWR. He favors allowing consumers to choose alternative energy sources such as solar and wind through the private market instead of the government dictating who will be the economic winners and losers.[46]

Health Care

Cain favors repealing the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Cain favors allowing the free market to play the largest role in health care.[47]

Immigration

Cain believes that the US-Mexico border must be secured. He believes in allowing illegal immigrants living in the US to go through the the traditional citizenship process.[48]

Same-sex marriage

Cain believes that marriage is between a man and a woman and is against legalizing same-sex marriage.[49] He supports the Defense of Marriage Act [50]

Supreme Court Justices

Cain favors appointed Justices that would abide by the Constitution and not make any rules. He has expressed support for Justice Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.[51]

Second Amendment

He believes that any gun permit law must be dealt with at the state level.[52]

Foreign policy

Israel

He supports Israel and believes that the US should aid Israel in defending itself.[53] After President Obama said that Israel should move its borders back to the pre-1967 borders, Cain said, "I was shocked at the president’s position, and I was equally shocked that he would unilaterally suggest that Israel would move the borders back which they acquired 44 years ago. This president threw Israel under the bus, there is no way around it. It demonstrates once again the arrogant disregard of this president for the opinion of the American people who like the relationship we have with Israel, and for Israel having the right to make its own decisions."[54]

Iran

Cain favors a diplomatic approach to nuclear disarmament. He believes that Iran is a threat to Israel.[55]

North Korea

Cain opposes any form of appeasement to the US's enemies. He believes that the number one priority for the US is to keep its citizens safe. [56]

Russia

Cain opposed the New START treaty because he believes that the US gave up too much.[57]

Personal life

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.[58]

References

  1. ^ Mitt Romney is a Mormon and I am a Baptist: Get Over It!
  2. ^ a b King Jr., Neil (May 9, 2011). "GOP Debate Fuels a Long Shot". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  3. ^ Tea Party Favorite Herman Cain Joins 2012 GOP Race
  4. ^ a b c Green, Joshua Herman Cain, the GOP Wild Card, The Atlantic
  5. ^ "Purdue University - College of Science - Herman Cain". Purdue University. Retrieved May 20, 2011. 2004 Honorary Doctoral Recipient Computer Science, M.S. 1971
  6. ^ Herman Cain
  7. ^ Sickinger, Ted (August 27, 1996). "KCP&L head temporarily fills KC Fed Bank post". Kansas City Star. p. D.20.
  8. ^ "Herman Cain". Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans. Retrieved May 20, 2011.
  9. ^ http://www.hermancain.com/hitm.asp
  10. ^ Cohn, Bob (19 September 1994). "The Lost Chance". Newsweek. Retrieved 18 September 2010.
  11. ^ Green, Joshua (2011-01-17) Watch Herman Cain Battle Bill Clinton on Health Care, The Atlantic
  12. ^ Herman Cain « RLC 2011
  13. ^ Roig-Franzia, Manuel (July 18, 2004). "Cain Makes Inroads in Ga. Senate Bid". The Washington Post.
  14. ^ Three Republicans battling for spots in Georgia's likely Senate runoff | AccessNorthGa
  15. ^ United States Senator
  16. ^ Herman Cain at SRLC | The Right Scoop
  17. ^ Lewis, Matt (July 12, 2010) "Herman Cain: Possible 'Dark Horse' 2012 GOP Presidential Candidate", Politics Daily. Retrieved July 12, 2010.
  18. ^ Pappas, Alex (2010-09-24), "Herman Cain, former Godfather's Pizza CEO, is contemplating 2012 run", The Daily Caller, retrieved 2010-09-24
  19. ^ Travis, Shannon (January 12, 2011) "Herman Cain talks to CNN on announcing presidential exploratory committee", CNN. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  20. ^ Bernstein, David S. (January 12, 2011) 'Avoiding the "First Primary'?", The Boston Phoenix. Retrieved January 12, 2011.
  21. ^ Citizen Cain, National Review (Jan. 14, 2011)
  22. ^ Goldberg, Jonah (2010-12-22) The Would-be GOP Kings, National Review
  23. ^ Herman Cain at CPAC: We Are Fighting Back
  24. ^ Did Herman Cain Give the ‘Don’t Miss’ Speech at CPAC?
  25. ^ The strange, racist attack on Herman Cain « Hot Air
  26. ^ "Herman Cain: 'I Would Not' Appoint a Muslim in My Administration". March 28, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  27. ^ Ward, Jon (March 27, 2011). "Herman Cain Says He Won't Stay on Democratic 'Plantation,' Raises Specter of Sharia Law". Huffington Post. Retrieved May 17, 2011. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  28. ^ Mears, Bill (November 29, 2010). "Judge issues permanent injunction on Oklahoma Sharia law ban". CNN. Retrieved 2011-05-12. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  29. ^ "Sharia Law Comes to New Jersey?". Fox News. August 6, 2010. Retrieved 2011-05-12. {{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  30. ^ Travis, Shannon (March 28, 2011). "Herman Cain assailed as 'bigoted' over Muslim remarks". CNN. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  31. ^ "CAIR Calls Herman Cain a 'Bigot'". Fox News. March 28, 2011. Retrieved May 19, 2011.
  32. ^ Frank Luntz (2011-05-05). Fox News http://elections.americablog.com/2011/05/vast-majority-of-fox-news-focus-group.html. {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  33. ^ Fox News post-debate broadcast
  34. ^ http://www.scribd.com/full/54720250?access_key=key-116s073qo20a9wqx7gv4
  35. ^ http://www.aikenstandard.com/Local/0519-herman-cain
  36. ^ http://www.scribd.com/full/54720250?access_key=key-116s073qo20a9wqx7gv4
  37. ^ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/10/gop-field-has-own-change-ideas/
  38. ^ Cain, Herman (October 20, 2008). "Far from Nationalization, Purchase of Bank Stocks Is a Win-Win for Taxpayers". North Star Writers Group. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  39. ^ Costa, Robert (May 12, 2011). "Introducing Herman Cain". National Review. p. 7. Retrieved 2011-05-16.
  40. ^ FLASHBACK: In 2008, Herman Cain praised TARP, chided "free market" purists | Philip Klein | Beltway Confidential | Washington Examiner
  41. ^ RealClearPolitics - Video - Herman Cain: Return To The Gold Standard
  42. ^ Q & A: Herman Cain on Faith, Calling, and Presidential Aspirations, Christianity Today, Interview by Trevor Persaud
  43. ^ Herman Cain - Social Security
  44. ^ Herman Cain - Abortion
  45. ^ Herman Cain - Education
  46. ^ Herman Cain - Energy and the Environment
  47. ^ Herman Cain - Health Care
  48. ^ Herman Cain - Immigration
  49. ^ Gays: Start fretting over Atlanta’s Herman Cain — Project Q Atlanta
  50. ^ Herman Cain: I’d Rather Defend DOMA Than Protect Religious Liberty | Equality Matters
  51. ^ Herman Cain - Supreme Court Justices
  52. ^ Herman Cain - The Second Amendment
  53. ^ Herman Cain - Israel
  54. ^ Fox Interview of Herman Cain on Israel
  55. ^ Herman Cain - Iran
  56. ^ Herman Cain - North Korea
  57. ^ Herman Cain - Nuclear Weapons
  58. ^ Viddler.com - Herman Cain's SRLC Speech - Uploaded by rightscoop
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Preceded by President and Chief Executive Officer of Godfather's Pizza
1986–2002 		Succeeded by
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1992–1994 		Succeeded by
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Chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
1995–1996

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