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Steven Wilkerson spends long hours working alone at three restaurants in a Hess gas station in Tampa – a Dunkin’ Donuts, a Quiznos and a Godfathers Pizza – all for just $8.50 (U.S.) per hour. Three years ago he made just $7.50. The 28-year-old former U.S. Marine tried to find a role in communications, and later security, after his tour of duty in Iraq. He went to more than 30 interviews, but was told repeatedly that he didn’t have enough experience for jobs he wanted. “You know, everybody tells you when you’re in the military you’ll get any job you...

Herman Cain has every right to feel uncomfortable. According to news reports based on anonymous sources, the GOP presidential frontrunner is suspected of unspecified acts of sexual harassment while running the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. Cain’s first accuser considered coming forward, but now says she will stay in the shadows. Like a hit-and-run driver, she wounded Cain and now speeds off into the night. What, if anything, transpired between Cain and his associates remains as unclear as this episode’s ultimate impact on Cain’s upstart, surprisingly successful, and — for many — refreshing candidacy. Too bad this media Nor’easter...

Check out the complete story on the 11 Alive news site. Johnny Isakson does not sound very sure he will win this thing--or for that matter--even get to a runoff. When asked by reporter Denis O'Hayer how things were looking, he said the following: "We didn't do any polling after Sunday. O'Hayer: and what did it say? Isakson: "They told us we're in the hunt so we're waiting for the poll that counts, which is the one today." Read what you want to in this. Perhaps, Isakson is playing low key. I have my doubts. I think he does not...

"I'm sick and tired of being sick and tired of the status quo," the Republican candidate said. "The status quo is the tax code is a mess, the Social Security structure is a mess and Medicare is a mess. I'm just tired of us not facing the problems and fix the problems." Cain served on the Economic Growth and Tax Reform Commission, appointed along with Jack Kemp by then Rep. Newt Gingrich and Sen. Bob Dole, to look at alternatives to the tax code. "We found you cannot fix the current code," he said. Cain worked on Kemp's campaign when...

Senate candidate defends the life of unborn children and calls conservatives to actionJanuary 22, 2004 Herman Cain, conservative Republican candidate for U.S. Senate [GA], issued the following statement on the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade: Today we mourn the murder of millions of innocent lives because of the decision made 31 years ago by the United States Supreme Court to give doctors the right to end the life of an unborn child. Unbelievably, the decision of Roe v. Wade shows that our Nation still chooses to place human convenience over the sanctity of human life....

Herman Cain blasts Roe v. Wade Senate candidate defends the life of unborn children and calls conservatives to action January 22, 2004 Herman Cain, conservative Republican candidate for U.S. Senate, issued the following statement on the anniversary of the Supreme Court decision of Roe v. Wade: Today we mourn the murder of millions of innocent lives because of the decision made 31 years ago by the United States Supreme Court to give doctors the right to end the life of an unborn child. Unbelievably, the decision of Roe v. Wade shows that our Nation still chooses to place human convenience...

HUMAN EVENTS Interview: Herman Cain Will Crusade Against Income Tax Posted Oct 3, 2003 Human Events: When you speak about replacing the tax code, what would you replace it with? CAIN: I would replace it with a national sales tax/consumption tax. It has already been introduced by Congressman John Linder [R.-Ga.] in the House. It has been well-researched by an organization called Americans for Fair Taxation started in 1995. It has been well-researched, well-documented. It has a lot of support from economists, intellectuals, academics, practitioners, business people. There's a lot of support for it. The consumption tax would provide, on...

POLITICS: Raising Cain Herman Cain, candidate for the U.S. Senate in Georgia, may be the national Democratic Party's worst nightmare. Cain has been described as a Ronald Reagan clone. The first words on his Web site are: "People make better decisions about their lives than government." A former adviser to Jack Kemp and Steve Forbes, he favors low taxes. He wants to privatize Social Security. He would scrap income taxes, replacing them with a national sales tax. The most obvious difference between him and Reagan is that Cain is an American of African descent, and that presents a dilemma for...

Republicans have traditionally relied on gun owners, pro-life activists and anti-tax crusaders, among others, to win elections. Now they can count pizza kings in their corner, too. Late last week, conservative activist Herman Cain, owner of the Godfather's Pizza empire, launched his bid to win the GOP Senate nomination in Georgia, where Democratic Sen. Zell Miller is retiring. Cain, who has spearheaded an effort to scrap the tax code in favor of a consumption-based system, is one of several pizza tycoons who have dabbled in politics. Tom Monaghan, former head of Domino's Pizza, drew nationwide attention with his donations to...

According to the African American Republican Leadership Council (AARLC): http://www.aarlc.org/weblog/index.shtml 2004 Election Update Herman Cain, CEO of Godfather's Pizza, is considering a run for retiring Senator Zell Miller's seat in Georgia. Only one Republican, Rep. Johnny Isakson, has declared so far. What an exciting candidate he would be: http://www.hermancain.com/