Why? We know who Herman Cain is today. But Godfather's Pizza wasn't exactly one of the top 100 restaurants in the U.S. when Cain saved it. Respectfully, in 1996 or 1999, I doubt that 2% of the Cain supporters on this site would have recognized the name "Herman Cain." Subscribing to the WSJ, Forbes, Fortune, and other magazines, and with an MBA from Harvard Graduate Business School of Business Administration, I'm not certain I would have known in 1999. The name may have trigger a synapse, but I wouldn't have said "oh, yes, Herman Cain." Would you, in 1999?
And I wouldn't have known the National Restaurant Association.
Every company on the Fortune 500 would have been a larger target (if there were a Fortune 5000, they would be larger targets). Every significant municipality would be a larger target. Does the NRA even have significant net worth? I'm guessing it has dues-paying members and owns very little property. It certainly doesn't have factories and major real estate investments, and large stashing of operating capital.
Seriously, what in the world would have made Herman Cain and the National Restaurant Association a "much higher dollar/value target" in 1996-1999?