Who Is Herman Cain?

With Herman Cain now leaving his competitors in the dust - according to the most recent Zogby poll - and frightening the left so much that Lawrence O'Donnell has made the Cain Inquisition his personal crusade, anyone who doesn't know who he is needs to get up to speed on this force to be reckoned with:

Oct 7, 2011 8:18am

Who Is Herman Cain?

                                                                                                        

Once considered a bottom-tier candidate, with no chance at the White House, Herman Cain is surging.

He came in second in the ABC News-Washington Post poll Tuesday, tying
Texas Gov. Rick Perry with 16 percent of support from "leaned"
Republicans, behind Mitt Romney with 25 percent. Cain quadrupled his
support from a month ago when he was at 4 percent, while Romney didn't
budge.

His win last month at the Florida GOP P5 straw poll -
in which Perry heavily invested - was also a big victory for his
campaign, which has none of the financial backing or staffing of the
other candidates' campaigns.

He still has low name recognition, especially compared to rivals
Romney and Perry, but his rapidly rising stock has many people asking a
simple question: Who is Herman Cain?

He's best known as the former CEO of Godfather's Pizza and often
boasts on the campaign trail that he saved the Omaha, Neb.-based from
bankruptcy. Cain, 65, also worked at Burger King, turning around failing
stores in the Philadelphia region, was the CEO of the National
Restaurant Association, and the chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Kansas City, Mo.  He earned a master's degree in computer science (1971)
from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Ind., after majoring in math
at Morehouse College, the all-male historically black school in Atlanta.
He also has ordained Baptist minister and conservative radio host on
his resume.

He has never held elective office but sees that as a bonus, telling
voters at every opportunity, "the American people are ready for someone
who is a "businessman, problem solver, first" rather than a politician.

Cain is also a survivor of stage-four colon and liver cancer. He
lives in Atlanta with wife Gloria. They have two children and three
grandchildren. Unlike almost all campaign spouses, Cain's wife of 43 years does not join him on the stump. 

Read more at ABC

I really like this man! And the more the Lawrence O'Donnells of the world continue their propaganda tactics, the more support Cain will garner.