Posted on 10/13/2011 3:09:50 PM PDT by bobk333
Since the surge in polls, the Cain campaign has received a flood of calls from the press and volunteers alike. According to Cain's Iowa operation, the number of members in their state Facebook group has increased 80 percent in the last week.
"We have four people on staff in Iowa. We're the leanest campaign in the state, I would venture to say nationally as well," said Iowa campaign staffer Lisa Lockwood. "Mr. Cain is running a business here, just like he always has. We're lean and strong, and we're exercising very hard to further the metaphor," she said, laughing.
In total, Herman Cain has just 35 people on the payroll nationally, which has some political operatives in early primary states raising questions about whether the campaign can translate the momentum into something concrete.
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Herman Cain *is* going to be the Republican Nominee and he *is* going to be President of the United States.
He might not have a star-power staff, fat cats with check books or friends with influence, but he is inheriting Sarah Palin's formidable army of Tea Party members. The world is changing, he can do a lot through the Internet and cable news, instead of corrupt fat cats and insiders. The Tea Party will be better than any organization of high priced handlers and consultants.
He has been, far and away, the hardest working candidate out there. He has been on TV almost everyday, sometimes on several shows in one day. Just from hard work, courage and tenacity he has created more exposure for himself than any of the candidates. Almost single-handedly, he has propelled himself to top of the polls. I love the way he walks in by himself to many of these events and faces down the high priced consultants, handlers, insiders and huge star-powered staffs -- and beats them all. That is American individualism and initiative at its best.
He is no longer by himself. For Herman Cain, Sarah Palin withdrawing from the race was the turning point. He will now have the Tea Party on his side. It's like Winston Churchhill after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States declaring war on the Axis powers. Churchill wrote:
"Being saturated and satiated with emotion and sensation, I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved and thankful.
"...England would live; Britain would live; the Commonwealth of Nations and the Empire would live.
"How long the war would last or in what fashion it would end no man could tell, nor did I at this moment care. Once again in our long Island history we should emerge, however mauled or mutilated, safe and victorious. We should not be wiped out. We should not be wiped out. Our history would not come to an end. We might not even have to die as individuals. Hitler's fate was sealed. "
That's what Herman Cain must feel like with the army of Tea Party members rushing to support him.
Expect Herman Cain to be smeared mercilessly by the Establishment and Media, but he *will* be the nominee and he *will* win the presidency.
He and the Tea Party will win.
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He runs a lean mean campaign and I believe he will run a lean mean government. :-)
He fired his staff after they wanted to spend too much money and tone down his message.
He will run the government, and his campaign, like a business.
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I’m sorry his 999 plan is 666 upside down. I’m not going to pay 9% tax on food and other things. There are still states who have no sales tax, they might get a bit mad if he’s the candidate.
<y neighbor is dirt poor on SS and he doesn’t want to pay 9% on his measly income either. This will hurt the poor and lower middle class hard.
Cain’s just another smooth talker like 0bma.
Poor poor political operatives, I feel so bad for them. They might have to resort to posting here like some of the other paid Cain bashers.
Yup.....and Obama wants to raise $1 Billion for his campaign. It’s all about buying the election. I hope Herman Cain continues to run a lean mean machine and show the people you don’t need to send in you hard earned money and you don’t have to be beholdin to large companies. Just run the country and do a good job at it. That’s all we ask......nothing more.
Herman Cain who truly was until recently a virtual unknown had faith enough in himself to decide to run for President of the United States on his own. There was no Media hype/pressure/build-up about a possible run, there was no urging by members of the Party, no words spoken into his ear by party players, elites, beltway boys or pundits, not even a word of encouragement from the Republican Party of his home state only faith in himself. Now after months of being treated as being a inconsequential candidate the curious sideshow of a conservative black Republican, he is now in the top tier along with people of great party pull, of men with experienced political machines and the dollars to power them. He did that on his own with no help from anyone accept by his own. Now think what a man with faith in himself like that could accomplish if given the chance.
Now many are saying Cain hasn’t a chance with his little formal organization and even less money.
Well let me remind all of you of what a recent movement did with no formal organization and even less money, The Tea Party.
The Tea Party manage with both those weakness to go on and seriously change the political landscape and in doing so caused the Leftist members of govenment, ellitist of both political parties and media types to quake in fear of them and their rath and all done with only a minimum of formal organization and on a ‘shoe string’ budget.
That’s what sucessful AMERICANS do, what they have always done! It’s what makes us WINNERS! They start out with what they have and they MAKE IT WORK! They make it work because what they don’t have in manpower or money they make-up with brains, sweat, blood and last but most important faith.
If you have a candidate to support, then support him/her on that thread.
But you are willing to pay up to 35+% on every cent you make, whether you spend it or not???
Is it me or does it seem that there are a lot of Cain haters with multiple personalities on FR?
So freedom of speech isn’t allowed when it comes to Herman Cain, or is it just you?
If you want to stop progressivism dead in it’s tracks, this first thing that needs to happen is to make sure EVERY single American shares our tax burden. The current system, that allows nearly 50% of the country to avoid paying federal income tax, creates a class of people that allow politicians like the current democrat party to pander to.
While Cain’s 9-9-9 proposal needs further clarification, he is the only candidate out there with the b@lls to think outside the box and set a track that would be the wooden stake in the heart of the current progressive movement.
In 2006, Cain was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer in his colon and metastases to his liver and given a 30 percent chance of survival. Cain underwent surgery and chemotherapy following the diagnosis, and has since reported that he is cancer-free.
Naw, it is either Perrywinkles or secret Romney supporters who can not openly express their love for Mittens on FR.
I wasn't crazy about adding a new tax, but after looking at it, it's not so bad:
1. It encourages saving. The combination of incentives to invest and incentives to save will ignite the economy and it will boom.
2. Many Libertarians, who would prefer no taxes, say the Fair/Sales tax is the best if we are going to have taxes.
3. Along with the sales tax, we would, under Cain's plan, get:
The current tax code would be thrown out completely.
No other viable candidate (except Ron Paul, who might not be viable) is going to lower taxes and change the system that dramatically. .
Art Laffer just appeared on “Special Report” with Bret Baier, on FOX. He heartily recommended Herman’s 9-9-9 Plan, and gave an excellent defense against the charges of increased taxes and higher taxes!
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