would you vote for herman cain. does his him supporting the top bankers bailout bill also concerned you. know he's bailing out the top thinkers yet he supported the tarp bankers bailout bill. no i don't think that he did he did. i don't recall that that concerned you as well the bankers bail yeah i supported that. i'm not really familiar about that do you think he made the right decision by supporting the tarp bankers bailout bill well as i said that was the end this is now. i don't think that saw some but i don't know where we would be if we had not thought out some of the things that it was right this isn't to do. i personally would have done it give a lot of money to those banks or yes. i better do a little more research and. anything else you might say about herman cain and what you hope for i'll probably vote for him if he makes it as a nominee and another thing i saw here is yes we can. i. and the g.o.p. presidential line of continues to flat line they stand us outs join the ranks of huckabee barber and from a

what do you think of herman cain? >> well, i think herman cain should be running president of the comedy central. i think he's a joke. >> anybody in the field that you think would make a good g.o.p. candidate? >> no. i think he should run for comedy central. >> ok. and let's go now to larry in oak-week-old, california. what's on your mind? herman cain for the last five years and i've seen him on various shows and i'm a small businessman and start a non-profit and i like what he has to say. i think it's just -- we need to get back to common sense business, common sense attitudes in this country. i'm not happy with what obama has been doing. yes, he's getting a lot of credit for bin laden but it was just time for bin laden to get caught and a lot of work has gone into that. but i believe herman cain is a man and i'm going to find a way to start working for him out here in california and start making some inroads. i think he's a great man. >> thanks, larry. we go now of the democrats line and joshua in bradenton, florida

herman kane is in the race. what do you think dan? caller: i love herman kane. he is the right man for the right time to bring us back into solvency. what we need is a businessman. he was also chairman of the federal reserve regionally. he understands monetary policy as well. the knock against him that he has not held office is one of the main reasons why i want him in there. we do not need any more politicians to screw things up as badly as they have, basing the fiscal crisis that we are facing over the next few years. i could not be more happy. he is articulate, self-made, likable, a nice person. i will say that it is a good thing that he is black. i have always maintained that the real racists are on the left because they do not believe that you can be a black person and have a different ideology than the liberal ideology. that is a racist view. the so-called black leaders that actually keep the majority of the black people trapped. host: thank you for the call. a look at the president's nominees for the judiciary, slowly tipping the balance on the bench. the

no one has talked about herman cain. -- you have herman cain. no one has talked about herman cain. how about a herman cain-ron paul ticket? >> i will not take the bait. [laughter] >> herman cain has been honest enough about the paul ryan plan. he endorsed it. sarah palin is a threat to michele bachmann. bachmannes go, the candidacy dies. the advantage right now is to mitt romney. met ronnie is the front runner. every day that goes by when you do not talk about the front runner or criticizing him is a good day for any front runner. >> the question is htsman. mitch daniels was going to be great, except he does not want to do it and i guess -- except his wife did not want to do and he is gone. hudson has -- huntsman has charisma, which pawlenty and blacks. he is a moderate, liked by people like me, which is a problem. >> absolutely a problem. >> that is what will cost him, that he is moderate? >> "moderate." that is like democrats saying that if you support the ryan plan, we will kill you because you are moderate. there are parties of the right -- republicans are the party of the figh

i mean, herman. yeah, americans will vote for a black guy named herman. we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] it was forged from the fires of imagination. sculpted by an unyielding passion for design. ♪ and tempered by 125 years of legendary performance. introducing the all-new 2012 cls from mercedes-benz. where the world's greatest automobiles take shape. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. >> jon: welcome back. our cities are dying. sadly even if we do legalize heroin many of them simply can't be saved. jason jones filed this heart- breaking report on a once great american city rendered unununwrecks on niceable. sfroo san francisco has schools that are facing $100 million in cutbacks and now there's this. >> san francisco didn't even make it into the top ten on a new survey of the gayest cities in america. >> yes, san francisco, the city that flew the nation's first rainbow flag and is the birth place of the rusty trombone, has fallen behind orlando, pittsburgh and even st. louis. their city symbol is a giant vagina. the ranks have left gay san fran

herman cain won. >> who won the debate. how many think herman cain won the de-- debate? well, we can stop right there. >> stephen: we can stop right there, folks. radio hosts and former godfather's pizza c.e.o. herman cain will be the republican nominee. people say he's a dark horse candidate but i don't see horse color. i think, i think cain is the perfect choice to fix our economy. >> i don't know if you ever tasted godfather's pizza but if can keep that place from going bankrupt, he is an economic genius. and folks, we need, we need economic help. luckily it is a story that brings me hope and to tonight's word. (cheers and applause) autocratic for the people. for examples, america is strapped for cash and pretty soon china is going to start screening its calls. and recently, standard & poor's threatened to downgrade america's aaa bond rating. at which point the dollar's value would be mainly as a source of fiber. (laughter) >> stephen: folks, this is not just a national problem. state and city governments are in trouble

i mean, herman. yeah, americans will vote for a black guy named herman. we'll be right back. >> jon: welcome back. our cities are dying. sadly even if we do legalize heroin many of them simply can't be saved. jason jones filed this heart- breaking report on a once great american city rendered unununwrecks on niceable. sfroo san francisco has schools that are facing $100 million in cutbacks and now there's this. >> san francisco didn't even make it into the top ten on a new survey of the gayest cities in america. >> yes, san francisco, the city that flew the nation's first rainbow flag and is the birth place of the rusty trombone, has fallen behind orlando, pittsburgh and even st. louis. their city symbol is a giant vagina. the ranks have left gay san franciscans like tim selig outraged. >> san francisco is "the" inundisputed leader of gay cities. >> you're not. you're number 11. >> no, we are the gayest. >> reporter: just how gay is san francisco? one look around and you see that they're certainly number one in hacky gay puns and cartoonish gay sex shops.

herman kaine, the pizza guy? the pizza guy whose pizza chain is named after the head of the mafia, that guy? either he's an effortless talking point machine or the deliciousness of his pizza has clouded voters' minds. >> one of the biggest problems we have this country right now today is too much government intervention. we need to get government out of the way. if you look at this current administration it is the worst in current history. i strongly support total replacing the current code with the fair tax. government doesn't create jobs. businesses create jobs. >> jon: yeah, i knew it wasn't the pizza. there you have it. republicans have surveyed the field and believe their best chance to win is a charismatic black guy with a funny name. i mean, herman. yeah, americans will vote for a black guy named herman. we'll be right back. too much on your plate? no matter when you get around to booking, hotels.com will have a great last minute deal waiting for you. like at the hotels.com 48 hour sale. this tuesday and w

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some are drafting to herman cain as a new figure to idolize. guest: some say he is a profi of politics. but for the mainstream, i do t think it will happen. host: louisiana, and democrats line. caller: i am a nurse and obama supporter. anybody that believes that you can and do away with medicaid has never worked in a hospital or nursing home. people do not have enough money to take care of this. some do not have families. there is a lot of waste. there are many things that can be changed. if you are a millionaire, why should you get medicare and social security? it doenot make sense. some things are so simple. nurses, we see the waste every single day. there is not a lot you can do about it. guest: the issue of health care coming up in the primary. coming up in the primary. guest: people do not like their rights taken away. even if this will not impact people younger than 55 years old, some maybe 53 or 54 and say, -- it shows that republicans did better with seniors bant what they have done in a long time. if that seniors accord goes down, we s

, i'm completely in the tank for herman cain. that was an astounding performance. do you remember the old movie don't tell mom the baby-sitter is dead? first the mom leaves, then the baby-sitter dies and the children are left to fend for themselves. that's what it was. we all make jokes about herman cain, who is he? well, who are are any of these guys. even the mortgageally wounded mitt romney, the is really in practice a viable candidate. so who's to say that herman cain cannot become the front-runner? >> richard, are the president's enemies his best friends? >> well, let's just look at this composition here. if you were ron paul, the front-runner clearly in this field, you would be worried about -- or trebling to six, based on the luntz piece of it, and more importantly who will be the rodeo clown when you have ten people on stage and some of them could win the nomination? i think the whole party has to worry about who's playing what role here? tim pawlenty will have lots of competition for the dull, respectable slot, and now i

how many of you think herman cain won the debate? we can stop right there. sean, a word or to describe herman cain. >> he answers the questions most direct. >> breath of fresh air. >> common sense. >> talking points. >> clear and concise. >> very aggressive. >> the godfather of business sense he can attack obama well. >> clear-cut plan on which way to take america. >> how many of you walked in with herman cain as your number one choice, raise your hands? >> one. how many walking out with herman cain as your number one choice? unprecedented. he was not a real candidate before tonight, what happened? >> he talked correctly on taxation, free markets and leadership. >> he has a plan. he's articulate and he knows what we need. >> he won us over. i think he can win america over. >> how? >> he's likeable. >> he understood about defining a problem. then coming up with a solution. >> was very precise about it. >> he knew what needed to be done. how to outline the problem. and find a solution. and to find the people to solve the problem. >> this man has never been ele

four years later, it is ron paul again, also herman cain and johnson, that's it. he may have stolen the show to legalize heroin, he was not, it should be noted, the biggest hit of the night. take a look at who won the focus group afterwards.

the other thing that might hurt him, herman cain admits he's not well-versed on a lot of foreign policy issues. he says, i'm a ceo-type. i'll hire the best minds to advise me. but he's not well h f versed in a lot of areas. >> how does he try to upstage the more well-known names of a newt gingrich, a mitt romney and possibly even is tim pawlenty? >> there's a race to outfiery rhetoric each other. newt gingrich is coming out with big words. they're all trying to outflank each other in terms of the wordplay against obama and the democrats. but the other thing he'll stress is this notion that he's a ceo and you need a business leader, an executive in these harsh economic times to right the ship, to right the economic ship. >> somewhere within this hour, he is certainly going to be announcing that he is in. he's not making an announcement, has all these people who have collected at centennial park to say, i'm not going to do it? >> yeah, that would be a really big "joke's on you." no, we are fully expecting him to throw his hat into the ring officially. >> just had to ask. shannon travis, t

herman cain. we can stop right there. >> this is a sampling of what those voters heard last night that convinced them that herman cain was the republican party's best chance to defeat barack obama. >> herman cain, former chairman and ceo of godfather's pizza, you don't have your own plan yet about what you would do in afghanistan? >> no. the experts and their advice and their input would be the basis of me making that decision. >> a tax cut for the wealthy and tax increase for the middle class. >> i support replacing the current code with the current tax. i'm proud that i haven't held public office before. >> during that debate, a cbs news reporter spotted house speaker john boehner at morton's stake house in washington. he said he'll read about the debate tomorrow. he added, there's more time for people to get in. joining me now from south carolina, slate.com political reporter, dave weigel who attended the debate. thanks for joining me tonight. >> thanks for having me. >> the romney boycott of t

one. >> herman, herman, herman, herman. >> this day. [cheering] >> let me tell you, because i have had reporters asked me some time, well, are you running just to get attention and maybe, in second or get a better position -- or get a cabinet position? and i said, you do not know much about me. i do not run for second. i am running for number one. let me tell you some of the reasons i am running for president of united states. one of the biggest reasons is because we have become a nation of crises. we have a moral crisis. we have an economic crisis. we have got an entitlement spending crisis. we have got an immigration crisis. we have got of foreign affairs crisis. and we have a deficiency of leadership crisis in the white house. [cheering] there is a big difference between leadership and position ship. at a big difference. of allook at the facts these crises. we have anemic economic growth. in the first quarter of this year, our gdp grew by only 1.8%. that is anemic, especially when china is growing at 10% compound, and if we do not in

everyone raised their hand with the exception of herman cane. now when asked about how he would manage the war on terror herman cain gave this qualified response, listen. >> i'm not privy to a lot of confidential information, since i'm not in government and i'm not in the administration. one of the things that i've always prided myself on is making an informed decision based upon knowing all of the facts. >> reporter: in another show of hands the candidates were asked to raise their hand if they would support the resumption of rather boarding under certain circumstances. tim pawlenty, gary johnson and herman cain raised their hands, however ron paul and gary johnson did not. jon: what about the economy? that is supposedly issue number one on voters' minds. what did they have to say about that. >> reporter: it certainly is. they brought up an issue specific to south carolina, sort of a dispute going on over unions which are very weak in this right to work state. recently the national labor relations board filed a complaint against boeing suggesti

republicans are after the fox news debate, they like herman cain. it is tailored to the constituency group of core conservatives. he is not a former member of congress or governor. he can be a vehicle for a lot of protests, especially if some republicans do not catch afire. he took some flak if whether the borders for any type of compromise on middle east peace should be debates on the 1967 borders. a tough problem for the president. almost 80% of jewish voters voted for president obama. he has a lot of circuits to keep his message and make the argument that he is trying to be a fair broker in this divisive development. [unintelligible] she was always a good fund raiser. penny his top fund-raiser is jewish. there is a lot of ability for him to go into the jewish community and get money. this issue pops up. the president will have to pull each person aside to reassure them on this. it will be interesting to see his reaction from apac. it makes up about 20% of the jewish community that did not vote for the president in the 2008 election. host: we will

no herman cain. right across the street from us is expected to announce he is jumping into the race. he's been exploring since january and now he will make it official that he will be a presidential candidate. who is he? he is a former big-time executive in the restaurant industry. he's the former ceo of godfather's pizza and extensive background in the business world and also a huge tea party favorite. a lot of conservative activist like this guy. he is a radio talk show host. >> still trying to get that name out there. herman cain. >> you and i know a lot about him. does the rest of america know about him? he hopes to change that today. the campaign is saying that they might have thousands of people gathered in centennial park across the street. it's anyone's guess if they have that much and trying to make traction against mitt romney and newt gingrich. we'll see how much he makes after this announcement. >> what about that money? does he have, we have seen candidates oftentimes, he was godfather p

expedia. >>> herman cain, the hermanator, fast becoming a republican party favorite. former ceo of godfather's pizza, first made waves when he skewered then president clinton about health care reform. >> this man is raising a very important question in terms of employment. what if all your competitors were just like you, wouldn't you be able to do it then? >> first of all, mr. president, with all due respect, your calculation on what the impact would do quite honestly is incorrect? >> fast forward 17 years, cain is practically tied for third among this list of republican candidates or potential candidates and he doesn't have near their name recognition. herman cain joins us live. welcome. >> did you look much younger to yourself in that flip? >> i didn't like the hair-do i had back then. today, a lot has changed. >> it certainly has. the poll we just showed, that's a pretty impressive poll showing plus gallup says you have the most appeal among any of those republicans. so how have you managed to do that? >> well, for months, i have been working hard to get acquainted

who is it, but exactly who is herman cane, anyway? >>> a suicide bomber and possibly even two striking an afghan military hospital. six people dead. taliban, though, claiming responsibility for attack and also saying that the death toll is a whole lot higher. in kabul for us. listen to what he told me last hour. >> at this point, we're told that they don't believe any americans were in that hospital. if americans would have been in there, we're told, it might have been just for a training capacity, but, as far as the patients, the doctors in there were told that we should expect that they were afghans. that these would be either people with the military, people who were wounded because of operations here, security forces that might have been wounded because of the war on terror here, but, predominantly, afghans. >> now, today's attack coincides with a warning memo from general david petraeus. the commander of coalition forces in afghanistan. they should expect an uptick in high-profile attacks in afghanistan this summer. that memo is

>> jimmy: let me -- thank you, herman cane. let me get this straight. shout out to getting involved. shout out to sippy cups. [ cheers ] shout out to yo mama. >> anyone's mom, mother, mother's day's coming up. >> jimmy: shout out to headsets. shout out to -- shout out to booty shorts, right there. shout out to the playoffs. [ cheers and applause ] shout out to herman cane. [ applause ] >> great. whew, whew! ha, ha, ha. >> jimmy: and you'll meet me saturday at the revlon run/walk. that's all the time we have for shout outs. we'll be right back with more "late night." come on back! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ host: could switching to geico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: would foghorn leghorn make a really bad book narrator? foghorn (stammering): it was the best of times, it was the wor - i say worst of times. and by worst i'm talkin' as bad, i say, as bad as my aunt ginny's corn puddin'. that stuff'll sink you like a stone. engineer: ok that was a little... foghorn: you gettin' all this in there son? i just added that last part it's c

best platform with gary johnson in a very close second place to be honest i think the night went to herman cain in terms of getting the most out of this one of them more importantly i feel like the freedom movement has already won i was really overwhelmed to see how much the party has shifted since two thousand and eight ron paul has moved a mountain towards himself ron paul and now officially according to a c.n.n. poll is our best chance of beating president obama he just raised over one million dollars with his money bomb in less than a day and i believe that ron paul is going to be our next president but that's just my opinion joining me now for a full analysis of the debate is our adverse the main contributors take the libretto and luke would ask me who are with me last night for the young americans for liberty debate watching party development goes your take on the debate i thought it was very interesting i mean i love the hypocrisy of how these social conservatives are talking about family values i mean they support torture and war to me it's very much like an axe murderer supporting

cain herman cain also is a total you know as long as says he time so there's really no you can put on a good day all around by i don't last one we have a newt gingrich. and you would you know i so glasses are would be very in style today about how he would be absurd a day and voted mostly intellectuality just like she had issues happening with a newspaper in his hand so people don't carry is what the controller is a lesson here is a life story we'll have a couple seconds but in new york officials are proposing that high school curriculum include lessons on what mothers can do if they give birth to a baby that they don't want and tell them a safe way to get rid of the baby. so sad but it's only when necessary and i don't think that's not i think that's really smart this actually how i'm saying a sad event or something that actually may have these a side and i would say if the teacher is the first person going to go on this that said like i mean why is that a family member or someone involved that you can turn to on this you're such an idealist why do you think these women are throwing

herman cain tweeting "apparently i got the colbert bump last night." whoa whoa whoa, put your cain back in your pants, herman.v: [laughter] obviously i'm a fan. i may even be a wild-eyed kainiac. i did not bump you, sir. just mentioning you doesn't give it the bump. i have toç beçó careful where i point this thing because it is loaded and powerful. i talk about hitler, lindsay lohan and chlamydia. i was not giving them the bump. that was just sweeps week. [laughter] there's only one way to get the colbert bump. you come on my show, sir. you get the bump for real and you could end up being our nation's first second black president. [laughter] we know the real reason that cain wants to get this one, everyone in d.c. is talking about my fund-raising political action committee colbert pac founded by me. oh, they love it. founded by me so that this election the colbert nation could have a voice in the form of my voice shouted through a mega phone made of cash. [cheers and applause] when i announced colbert pac on the air my parent company viacom freaked

cain who i think i'm not going to be able to come down on herman cain side on a lot of stuff but the reason that he took off the way he did in the you know just in the focus group and certainly the media attention is that he was himself presenting a kind of you know almost. i don't know whether it's better or not but it's a jacksonian view of the presidency rather than a wilsonian view of the presidency which a lot of folks including some folks on you know the maybe the national review site over the years have projected have said you know we want to be big government republicans and you know accusing anybody but that's it seems like a good step in the right direction is that everybody is trying to run away from that even mitt romney who wasn't even there what would it take for a candidate like ron paul to be taken seriously by you guys i mean he won a seat back struck all this year he won it a year before the ad and identified and i think g.o.p. is best match up against president obama compared to mike huckabee and romney why would it take that first i want to be a theory contender.

licenses yeah but i kind of scares me that ron paul and herman cain herman cain also is a total you know as long as says he the time so there's a new thing they can put on a good day all around a guy i don't last one we have a new gingrich. and when you win you know i said causes or would be very unsettled today that he would be a hipster today and voted mostly into legend a. united nations had him with a newspaper in his hand so people don't younger harry is what the controller is saying listen when i hear your last story we only have a couple seconds but in new york officials are proposing that high school curriculum include lessons on what mothers can do if they give birth to a baby that they don't want and tell them a safe way to get rid of the baby. so sad but it's only when necessary and i don't think that's i thought i think that that's really smart that's actually how i'm saying a sad event or something to actually have these you know our society i would say if the teacher is the first person going to go out on this that said like i mean why is a family member. or someone involve

herman cain making his bid for the white house official in atlanta. the former ceo of godfather's pizza and former radio talk show host is the fourth republican to officially jump in the race, but there are many more still eyeing a run, like mitt romney who is on a key trip to south carolina this weekend. i want to bring in for analysis shannon, who was at the mccain event, and peter handy who is on the trail with mitt romney. shannon, cain may not have the name recognition others have. give us the lowdown on him. >> some of the things you mentioned, he has solid business experience, a financial background. he was the former ceo of godfather's pizza. he had other experience in other profile executive experience in restaurants. he's going to run on that, don. he's going to run on the fact he has solid business credentials, and he's got immense tea party support. he hopes that will help differentiate him from the more well known names like mitt romney and newt gingrich. part of the announcement was to drum up support, but part was also like a reintroduc

four years later, it is ron paul again, also herman cain and johnson, that's it. he may have stolen the show to legalize heroin, he was not, it should be noted, the biggest hit of the night. take a look at who won the focus group afterwards. >> 29 of the most important people in america sitting behind me now. let's go right to them. who won the debate. how many think her man cain won? we can stop right there. i want a word or praise to describe him. >> a breath of fresh air. >> common sense. >> how many walked in here with herman cain as your number one choice? one of you. how many of you are walking out of here with him as your choice. this is unprecedented. >> former ceo of a mafia themed pizza chain runs away with the first race. >> i haven't held office before. i asked people, those in washington d.c., they have held public office before. how is that working for you. we have a mess. how about sending a problem solver to the white house. >> herman cain, the break-out sensation in south carolina. while he won the focus group last night, ron paul seems to have wo