The Other McCain

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News: Herman Cain Beats Rick Perry and I Just Bought My Ticket to Des Moines

The media don’t much like him, but whenever he gets a chance to meet people one-on-one, he wins: Presidential candidate Herman Cain won the straw poll at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver this weekend with 48 percent of the votes, followed by Texas Governor Rick Perry. “How about spectacular,” Cain said to ABC News […]

Hmmmm …

Press release from the Herman Cain campaign: For Immediate Release: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 For More Information: Ellen Carmichael, (678) 601-2772 media@hermancain.com Cain Meets with American Muslim Leaders (Stockbridge, GA)- Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain met with American Muslim leaders this afternoon at the ADAMS Center in Sterling, Virginia. After the meeting, Cain issued the […]

VIDEO: Dick Morris Interview With Herman Cain: ‘What an Impressive Guy!’

Dick Morris does what he calls his “Lunch Alert” videos, and here he talks economics and jobs with Herman Cain: More at DickMorris.com. PREVIOUSLY: July 27: Herman Cain: He’s In It To Win It July 26: A One-Way Ticket to Des Moines … July 17: VIDEO: Herman Cain Talks Mosques, Sharia and the Muslim Brotherhood […]

Herman Cain: He’s In It To Win It

Late Tuesday night, I had about 45 minutes of frustrated confusion when California writer Jim Henson sent a couple of Twitter messages to Shane Vander Hart and me: My reaction to that — knowing that such a rumor could have no basis in fact — was something like, “WTF?” To which Henson replied: Well, you can’t just […]

A One-Way Ticket to Des Moines …

. . . would cost $249 if I booked today for an Aug. 3 departure from Reagan National in D.C. You may ask, “Why Iowa? Why Aug. 3? Why a one-way ticket?” Here’s the story at The American Spectator: Atlanta businessman Herman Cain will begin a nine-day bus tour of Iowa next week, leading up […]

Krikorian on Cain, Islam and Immigration

Mark Krikorian semi-disagrees with Herman Cain: If a large and growing Muslim population represents a threat to liberty — and I believe, with Cain, that it does — then that’s yet another reason to reduce future immigration. But once you admit people, we’re bound to judge them individually, by the same yardstick we use for […]

VIDEO: Herman Cain Talks Mosques, Sharia and the Muslim Brotherhood

EXCLUSIVE — Must credit TheOtherMcCain.com During a private event Sunday with supporters in Bethesda, Maryland, Republican presidential candidate spoke frankly about his opposition to a proposed mosque in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Cain said that one Tennessee attorney representing opponents of the mosque told him that the controversial project is being supported by the Muslim Brotherhood. Cain’s […]

Another Cain Iowa Staffer Resigns

Shane Vander Hart was first to report this: Charlie Gruschow, former leader of the Des Moines Tea Party, resigned from the campaign on Sunday “to pursue other interests.”  Gruschow had been an early supporter and activist for Cain having been with him since last year even though he was only on the payroll since May.  […]

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