New Republican Front-Runner: Herman Cain
Asked about his plans for Afghanistan, Herman Cain said he had none. He also said President Obama's position on gay marriage "borders on treason." And according to Fox pollster Frank Luntz's focus group, he won the first Republican debate.NEW YORK — The funniest political debate I ever saw (and moderated) was between a half-dozen minority party candidates for governor of New Jersey. I was doing that sort of thing for WNBC-TV here, fairness rules and all that. My first question had to do with the traffic problems in Jersey cities after a thruway was built from the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge in Brooklyn, dumping miles of cars across Staten Island onto the streets of Perth Amboy, N.J.
The candidate to my left was on the ballot as “The King of the Gypsies,” which apparently he was. His answer: “I could take care of that in a day.”How?“Magic!”Things went downhill from there.Watching the first debate among (some) Republican candidates for president last Thursday night on Fox News, it all came back to me. I think it is a pretty safe bet that none of the debaters below will be our next president: Congressman Ron Paul, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Sen. Rick Santorum, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and Herman Cain, former chief executive officer of Godfather’s Pizza.Other distinguished Republicans did not show up. That list included former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin and the national jester, Donald Trump.© 2011 UNIVERSAL UCLICK
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