Right now, he is bringing in $1 million/week. He has a presence in every state, staff/offices in critical states. He had over 100,000 volunteers at the end of the summer (who knows how many now?)
He has had a staff of 23 up to a few weeks ago, and added several more, including JD Gordon, former spokesperson for Rumsfeld/Pentagon.
He has quite a few sound endorsements, C Everett Koop, Alveda King, Jeff Jorgensen, Chip Rogers (State Rep - GA), Larry Ahern, State Representative (R-FL), Scott Plakon, State Representative (R-FL)[100], Rusty Kidd, State Representative (I-GA), Billy Maddox, State Representative (R-GA), Joshua McKoon, State Senator (R-GA), Jack Kimball, former chairman of the New Hampshire Republican Party, 2010 New Hampshire gubernatorial candidate, Steven Smith, State Representative (R-NH), Dale Peterson, 2010 Republican candidate for Alabama Agriculture Commissioner, Tom Tancredo, former U.S. Congressman (R-CO), 2008 presidential candidate, and 2010 Colorado gubernatorial candidate., Michael D. Steele, retired U.S. Army Colonel, Actor Nick Searcy, Americans for Fair Taxation, Comedian and talk radio host Dennis Miller, Haley Barbour.
New Nashville-Based ‘Artists Raising Cain’ Organization Rallying Around Presidential Candidate Herman Cain - include Rick Monroe, Lee Greenwood, Michael W. Smith, Douglas Warren, Bryan White, Craig Wayne Boyd, Cutter Lee, Chad Rowland (Redstone), Charlotte Autry, Krista Branch, Adam Cunningham, Devon Rowe and Jim Labriola (Home Improvement, The Santa Claus).
“Almost” endorsements, Joe the Plumber, Donald Trump, Mark Levin, Huckabee,
Good Reviews of his plan: Art Laffer (Godfather of Reaganomics), Paul Ryan, Donald Trump, Kevin Hassett (Economist, American Enterprise Institute), Club for Growth
And he is not spending all his time on a book tour - he is campaigning as much (if not more) than he was before the book tour. However, the book does multiply his efforts in getting his name out there.
Well, I hope you’re right about Cain. But I see him as a guy who couldn’t win the Repuke nomination for Senate in Ga. He’s got a lotta balls running for prez, unless it’s all just a good way to sell a book. Or maybe he’s some kind of mad hatter whose found a way to get elected preisdent no one knew existed.