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Herman Cain

Herman Cain (December 13, 1945 – July 30, 2020) was an American businessman and Tea Party movement activist in the Republican Party. Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a bachelor's degree in mathematics. He then earned a master's degree in computer science at Purdue University while also working full-time for the U.S. Department of the Navy. In 1977, he joined the Pillsbury Company where he later became vice president. During the 1980s, Cain's success as a business executive at Burger King prompted Pillsbury to appoint him as chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza, in which capacity he served from 1986 to 1996.

Herman Cain
Cain in 2011
Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
In office
January 1, 1995 – August 19, 1996
PresidentThomas M. Hoenig
Preceded byBurton Dole
Succeeded byDrue Jennings
Personal details
Born(1945-12-13)December 13, 1945
Memphis, Tennessee, U.S.
DiedJuly 30, 2020(2020-07-30) (aged 74)
Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Cause of deathCOVID-19
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
Gloria Etchison
(m. 1968)
Children2
EducationMorehouse College (BS)
Purdue University (MS)

Cain was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Omaha Branch from 1989 to 1991. He was deputy chairman, from 1992 to 1994, and then chairman until 1996, of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. In 1995, he was appointed to the Kemp Commission and, in 1996, he served as a senior economic adviser to Bob Dole's presidential campaign. From 1996 to 1999, Cain served as president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association.

In May 2011, Cain announced his 2012 presidential candidacy. By the fall, his proposed 9–9–9 tax plan and debating performances had made him a serious contender for the Republican nomination. In November, however, Cain was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women. Cain denied the allegations, but announced the suspension of his campaign on December 3. He remained active in the Republican Party, and was a co-chairman of Black Voices for Trump in the 2020 election cycle.

Cain died from COVID-19 on July 30, 2020, at the age of 74.

Early life edit

Herman Cain was born on December 13, 1945,[1] in Memphis, Tennessee, to Lenora Davis Cain (1925–1982), a cleaning woman and domestic worker, and Luther Cain (1925–2005), who was raised on a farm and worked as a barber and janitor, as well as a chauffeur for Robert W. Woodruff, the president of The Coca-Cola Company. Cain said that as he was growing up, his family was "poor but happy." Cain related that his mother taught him about her belief that "success was not a function of what you start out with materially, but what you start out with spiritually." His father worked three jobs to own his own home—which he achieved during Cain's childhood—and to allow his two sons to attend college.[2][3]

Cain grew up on the west side of Atlanta, attending S. H. Archer High School and the Rev. Cameron M. Alexander's Antioch Baptist Church North in the neighborhood now known as The Bluff. Eventually the family moved to a modest brick home on Albert Street in the Collier Heights neighborhood. He graduated from high school in 1963.[4][5]

Education and career edit

In 1967, Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics.[6] In 1971, he received a Master of Science in computer science from Purdue University,[7] while working full-time as a ballistics analyst for the U.S. Department of the Navy as a civilian.[8]

After completing his master's degree at Purdue, Cain left the Department of the Navy and began working for Coca-Cola in Atlanta as a computer systems analyst. In 1977, he moved to Minneapolis to join Pillsbury,[9][10] becoming director of business analysis[11] in its restaurant and foods group in 1978.[12][13]

Burger King and Godfather's Pizza edit

At age 36, Cain was assigned to analyze and manage 400 Burger King stores in the Philadelphia area. At the time, Burger King was a Pillsbury subsidiary. Under Cain, his region posted strong improvement in three years.[9][14] According to a 1987 account in the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Pillsbury's then-president Win Wallin said, "He was an excellent bet. Herman always seemed to have his act together."[12] At Burger King, Cain "established the BEAMER program, which taught our employees, mostly teenagers, how to make our patrons smile" by smiling themselves. It was a success: "Within three months of the program's initiation, the sales trend was moving steadily higher."[15]

Cain's success at Burger King prompted Pillsbury to appoint him president and CEO of another subsidiary, Godfather's Pizza. On his arrival on April 1, 1986, Cain told employees, "I'm Herman Cain and this ain't no April Fool's joke. We are not dead. Our objective is to prove to Pillsbury and everyone else that we will survive."[12] Godfather's Pizza was performing poorly, having slipped in ranks of pizza chains from third in 1985 to fifth in 1988.[9] Under Cain's leadership, Godfather's closed approximately 200 restaurants and eliminated several thousand jobs, and by doing so returned to profitability.[16] In a leveraged buyout in 1988, Cain, executive vice president and COO Ronald B. Gartlan, and a group of investors bought Godfather's from Pillsbury.[9]

Federal Reserve Bank and National Restaurant Association edit

Cain served as chairman of the board of the Omaha Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from January 1, 1989, to December 31, 1991.[17][18] He became a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 1992.[17] He served as deputy chairman from January 1, 1992, to December 31, 1994, and then as its chairman until August 19, 1996,[17] when he resigned to become active in national politics.[19]

Cain left Godfather's Pizza in 1996 and moved to the District of Columbia, From 1996 to 1999 he served as CEO of the National Restaurant Association, a trade group and lobbying organization for the restaurant industry, on whose board of directors he had previously served.[20] Cain's lobbying work for the association led to a number of connections to Republican lawmakers and politicians.[16] Under Cain's leadership, the Association lobbied against increases to the minimum wage, mandatory health care benefits, regulations against smoking, and lowering the blood alcohol limit that determines whether one is driving under the influence.[21]

Cain was on the board of directors of Aquila, Inc., Nabisco, Whirlpool, Reader's Digest, and AGCO.[12][22][23]

After Cain's term with the restaurant advocacy group ended in 1999, he returned to Omaha for about a year, then moved to his hometown of Atlanta in 2000.[24]

Media work edit

Cain wrote a syndicated op-ed column, which was distributed by the North Star Writers Group.[25]

Cain appeared in the 2009 documentary An Inconvenient Tax.[26] From 2008 to February 2011, Cain hosted The Herman Cain Show on Atlanta talk radio station WSB.[27][28] On January 19, 2012, Cain began working for WSB again by providing daily commentaries, while occasionally filling in for Erick Erickson and Neal Boortz.[28]

Cain took over Boortz's radio talk show on January 21, 2013, upon Boortz's retirement.[29] The show was dropped from the Westwood One Radio Network in December 2016 in favor of The Chris Plante Show, but continued to air in limited syndication through WSB's owner, Cox Radio.[30]

On February 15, 2013, Fox News Channel announced Cain would join the network as a contributor.[31] In March 2019, Cain was a panelist on a Watter's World episode.[32]

Recognition edit

Cain received the 1996 Horatio Alger Award[33] and was bestowed with honorary degrees from Creighton University, Johnson & Wales University, Morehouse College, the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, the New York City College of Technology, Purdue University, Suffolk University, and Tougaloo College.[22]

Then former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Jack Kemp, referred to Cain as "the Colin Powell of American capitalism". Kemp stated that Cain's "conquests won't be counted in terms of countries liberated or lives saved, but in those things that make life worth living—expanding opportunity, creating jobs and broadening horizons, not just for those he knows, but through his example, for those he'll never meet."[34]

Possible nomination to the Federal Reserve Board edit

On April 4, 2019, President Donald Trump said that he intended to nominate Cain to the second of the two vacant seats on the Federal Reserve Board.[35][36] Assessing the possible nomination, news publications reviewed Cain's sexual misconduct allegations that preceded his withdrawal from the 2012 presidential election.[37][38][39] Cain acknowledged that the nomination process would be "more cumbersome" for him due to his "unusual career".[40] He initially stated that he was not considering withdrawing his name from consideration for the seat.[41] After it appeared likely that he would not receive enough votes to support his confirmation, Cain withdrew on April 22, 2019.[18][42]

Black Voices for Trump edit

In the 2020 election cycle, Cain was a co-chairman of Black Voices for Trump.[43]

Political activities edit

Role in the defeat of 1993 Clinton health care plan edit

In 1994, as president-elect of the National Restaurant Association, Cain challenged President Bill Clinton on the costs of the employer mandate contained within the Health Security Act and criticized the effect on small businesses. Bob Cohn of Newsweek described Cain as one of the primary opponents of the plan:[44]

The Clintons would later blame "Harry and Louise," the fictional couple in the ads aired by the insurance industry, for undermining health reform. But the real saboteurs are named Herman and John. Herman Cain is the president of Godfather's Pizza and president-elect of the National Restaurant Association. An articulate entrepreneur, Cain transformed the debate when he challenged Clinton at a town meeting in Kansas City, Missouri. Cain asked the president what he was supposed to say to the workers he would have to lay off because of the cost of the "employer mandate". Clinton responded that there would be plenty of subsidies for small businessmen, but Cain persisted. "Quite honestly, your calculation is inaccurate," he told the president. "In the competitive marketplace it simply doesn't work that way."

— Bob Cohn, The Lost Chance, Newsweek

Because Kemp was impressed with Cain's performance, he chartered a plane to Nebraska to meet Cain after the debate. As a result, Cain was appointed to the Kemp Commission in 1995.[45][46][47]

Joshua Green of The Atlantic called Cain's exchange with President Clinton his "auspicious debut on the national political stage."[48]

Senior adviser to 1996 Dole campaign edit

Cain was a senior economic adviser to the Bob Dole presidential campaign in 1996.[49]

2000 presidential campaign edit

Cain briefly ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000. He later said in looking back at the effort that it was more about making political statements than winning the nomination. "George W. Bush was the chosen one, he had the campaign DNA that followers look for." However, Cain went on to state, "I believe that I had a better message and I believe that I was the better messenger."[50] After ending his own campaign, however, he endorsed Steve Forbes.[51]

2004 U.S. Senate campaign edit

In 2004 Cain ran for the U.S. Senate in Georgia and did not win in the primaries. He was pursuing the seat that came open with the retirement of Democrat Zell Miller. Cain sought the Republican nomination, facing congressmen Johnny Isakson and Mac Collins in the primary. Collins tried to paint Cain as a moderate,[52] citing Cain's support for affirmative action programs, while Cain argued that he was a conservative, noting that he opposed the legality of abortion except when the mother's life is threatened.[53] Cain finished second in the primary with 26.2% of the vote, ahead of Collins, who won 20.6%, but because Isakson won 53.2% of the vote, Isakson was able to avoid a runoff.[54]

Americans for Prosperity and America's PAC edit

Starting in 2005, Cain worked for the political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) alongside Mark Block. Block would later become campaign manager for Cain's 2012 presidential run and would be joined in Cain's campaign by several other AFP employees. Cain continued to receive honoraria for speaking at AFP events until he announced his campaign for the Republican nomination.[55] Cain's senior economic advisor during his 2012 presidential campaign, Rich Lowrie, who helped devise Cain's 9–9–9 tax plan, had served on the AFP board.[56] In 2006, Cain voiced several radio ads encouraging people of color to vote Republican; the ads were funded by a group called America's PAC and its founder J. Patrick Rooney.[57]

2012 presidential campaign edit

 
Cain speaking at the Ames Straw Poll in August 2011

A Tea Party activist,[58] Cain addressed numerous Tea Party rallies in 2010.[6] Following the 2010 midterm elections, Cain announced his intentions to run for president in December 2010, stating that there was a 70% chance that he would attempt to seek the office.[59] Later that month, he was the "surprise choice" for 2012 GOP nominee in a RedState reader poll.[6] Cain announced the formation of an exploratory committee on January 12, 2011,[60][61] before formally announcing his candidacy on May 21 in Atlanta.[62]

Straw poll victories edit

Cain's addresses to conservative groups were well received,[63] and in late September and early October 2011, Cain won the straw polls of the Florida Republican Party, TeaCon, and the National Federation of Republican Women's Convention.[64][65] "My focus groups have consistently picked Herman Cain as the most likeable candidate in the debates," said GOP pollster Frank Luntz. "Don't underestimate the power of likability, even in a Republican primary. The more likeable the candidate, the greater the electoral potential."[64][66]

9–9–9 Plan edit

In July 2011, an advisor suggested that his campaign's tax policy plan be called "the Optimal Tax", but Cain rejected the name, saying "we're just going to call it what it is: 9–9–9 Plan."[67] The plan would have replaced the then current tax code with a 9-percent business transactions tax, a 9-percent personal income tax, and a 9-percent federal sales tax. During a debate on October 12, Cain said his plan "expands the base," arguing that "when you expand the base, we can arrive at the lowest possible rate, which is 9–9–9."[68] An analysis released to Bloomberg News by the campaign claimed that the rate for each of the three taxes could in fact be as low as 7.3%, but "poverty grants"—which Cain described as a lower rate in targeted "empowerment zones"[69]—necessitated a national rate of nine percent.[68] Paul Krugman criticized the plan, saying it shifts much of the current tax burden from the rich to the poor.[70] Arthur Laffer,[67] Lawrence Kudlow,[71] the Club for Growth,[72] and Congressman Paul Ryan[73] spoke favorably of the plan. On October 21, Cain told a crowd in Detroit that the plan would be 9–0–9 for the poor, saying that "if you are at or below the poverty level ... then you don't pay that middle nine on your income."[74] Cain's 9–9–9 plan attracted skepticism from his fellow candidates at numerous Republican debates.[75]

Sexual harassment allegations edit

 
Cain in Scottsdale, Arizona, in November 2011

In late October 2011, Politico reported that Cain had been accused by two women of sexual harassment and misconduct during his time as CEO of the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s.[76][77] Two other women made additional harassment accusations later on. Cain acknowledged that the restaurant organization made financial settlements to the complainants. Two of the four women came forward publicly: Sharon Bialek and Karen Kraushaar.[78]

On November 28, 2011, Cain asserted that a woman named Ginger White claimed to have had an affair with him and that the allegation was not true.[79] In an interview with White, which aired on the same day, she stated that the affair lasted 13 years and ended right before Cain announced his presidential campaign.[80] On November 30, 2011, at an event in Dayton, Ohio, Cain denounced the allegations of sexual harassment and adultery.[81]

End of 2012 campaign edit

On December 3, 2011, Cain suspended his campaign. The sexual harassment claims were widely considered responsible for the sharp drop in his poll numbers.[82][83]

According to a Pew Research Center report on December 21, 2011, Cain was the "most covered candidate" among the Republicans during that year.[84]

Cain's Solutions Revolution edit

On January 4, 2012, Cain announced the "Cain's Solutions Revolution". Cain's stated goal was to get commitments from members of Congress to support the 9–9–9 Plan before the 2012 elections.[85] Cain stated that he started a new movement because the "biggest comment I got when I ended my candidacy was to keep 9–9–9 alive. That's what this is about, and I'm going to keep it alive with what I'm calling Cain's Solutions Revolution."[86] In order to promote this movement, Cain employed both a bus tour and a new website.[87] New York magazine stated, "It's Cain's earnest effort to keep 9–9–9 alive and focus on solutions."[88] On January 20, 2012, Cain spoke at Stephen Colbert's "Rock Me Like a Herman Cain: South Cain-Olina Primary Rally".[89] The Huffington Post reported the crowd size was between 3,000 and 5,000 people. It was described at the time as "the largest campaign rally so far during this GOP presidential primary season".[90]

State of the Union response edit

For President Barack Obama's 2012 State of the Union address, the Tea Party Express chose Cain to give its second annual response.[91] After Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels gave the official GOP response,[92] Cain delivered his speech at the National Press Club.[93] The speech was streamed live on the Tea Party Express website.[92][94] Cain referred to Obama's address as a "hodgepodge of liberal ideas," adding that there were "no big ideas that would impact job growth" and "no big ideas that would stimulate economic growth in this country."[95]

Call for a third party edit

Although Mitt Romney was endorsed by Cain on May 15, 2012,[96] he would eventually lose the general election to President Obama.[97] Cain then told Bryan Fischer that the Republican Party no longer represented the interests of conservatives in the United States and that it did not have "the ability to rebrand itself." He asserted that "a legitimate third party" would be needed to replace it.[98]

Personal life edit

Cain married Gloria Etchison of Atlanta, soon after her graduation from Morris Brown College in 1968.[99][100] The couple had two children, Melanie and Vincent, and four grandchildren.[101][102]

Cain served as an associate minister at the Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta, which he joined at the age of 10.[103] The church is part of the National Baptist Convention[104] and is politically liberal and theologically conservative. The church's senior pastor, Rev. Cameron M. Alexander, did not share Cain's political philosophy.[105]

Disclosures filed during Cain's 2011 campaign categorized his wealth at that time as being between $2.9 and $6.6 million, with Cain's combined income for both 2010 and 2011 being between $1.1 and $2.1 million.[16]

Health and death edit

In 2006, Cain was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer and metastasis to his liver, with a 30 percent chance of survival. After he underwent surgery and chemotherapy, the cancer was reported to be in remission.[106]

Cain opposed masking and social distancing mandates during the COVID-19 pandemic.[107][108][109] He attended the 2020 Trump Tulsa rally on June 20 and was photographed not wearing a face mask in a crowd who also were not wearing masks.[110] On June 29, Cain tested positive for COVID-19 during the COVID-19 pandemic in Georgia and was admitted to an Atlanta-area hospital two days later.[111] On July 2, Cain's staff said there was "no way of knowing for sure how or where" he contracted the disease.[111] Dan Calabrese, the editor of Cain's website, said, "I realize people will speculate about the Tulsa rally, but Herman did a lot of traveling [that] week, including to Arizona where cases [were] spiking."[43] In her 2023 book, Cassidy Hutchinson noted that, upon hearing of Cain's passing, Mark Meadows remarked that "we killed Herman Cain" in reference to the 2020 Tulsa rally.[112]

Cain died of complications from COVID-19 on July 30, 2020, at the age of 74.[113]

Bibliography edit

External videos
  Book party for They Think You're Stupid, May 16, 2005, C-SPAN
  • "The Intangibles of Implementation" in the technical journal Interfaces (Vol. 9, No. 5, 1979, pp. 144–147), published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS).
  • Leadership Is Common Sense (2nd ed.). Tapestry. 2000 [1997]. ISBN 978-1-930819-02-3.
  • Speak as a Leader. Lebhar-Friedman Books. 1999. ISBN 978-0-86730-782-5.
  • CEO of SELF. Tapestry. 2001. ISBN 978-1-930819-04-7.
  • They Think You're Stupid: Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It. Stroud & Hall. 2011 [2005]. ISBN 978-0-9796462-7-0.
  • This Is Herman Cain!: My Journey to the White House. Threshold Editions. 2011. ISBN 978-1-4516-6613-7.
  • 9–9–9: An Army of Davids. Velocity Mascot. 2012. ISBN 978-1-62086-030-4.

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External links edit

  • official website, archived from March 2012
Business positions
Preceded by President and Chief Executive Officer of Godfather's Pizza
1986–1996
Succeeded by
Ron Gartlan
Preceded by
William Fisher
President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Restaurant Association
1996–1999
Succeeded by
Steven Anderson
Government offices
Preceded by Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
1995–1996
Succeeded by
Drue Jennings

herman, cain, december, 1945, july, 2020, american, businessman, party, movement, activist, republican, party, cain, graduated, from, morehouse, college, with, bachelor, degree, mathematics, then, earned, master, degree, computer, science, purdue, university, . Herman Cain December 13 1945 July 30 2020 was an American businessman and Tea Party movement activist in the Republican Party Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a bachelor s degree in mathematics He then earned a master s degree in computer science at Purdue University while also working full time for the U S Department of the Navy In 1977 he joined the Pillsbury Company where he later became vice president During the 1980s Cain s success as a business executive at Burger King prompted Pillsbury to appoint him as chairman and CEO of Godfather s Pizza in which capacity he served from 1986 to 1996 Herman CainCain in 2011Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas CityIn office January 1 1995 August 19 1996PresidentThomas M HoenigPreceded byBurton DoleSucceeded byDrue JenningsPersonal detailsBorn 1945 12 13 December 13 1945Memphis Tennessee U S DiedJuly 30 2020 2020 07 30 aged 74 Atlanta Georgia U S Cause of deathCOVID 19Political partyRepublicanSpouseGloria Etchison m 1968 wbr Children2EducationMorehouse College BS Purdue University MS Cain was chairman of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City Omaha Branch from 1989 to 1991 He was deputy chairman from 1992 to 1994 and then chairman until 1996 of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City In 1995 he was appointed to the Kemp Commission and in 1996 he served as a senior economic adviser to Bob Dole s presidential campaign From 1996 to 1999 Cain served as president and CEO of the National Restaurant Association In May 2011 Cain announced his 2012 presidential candidacy By the fall his proposed 9 9 9 tax plan and debating performances had made him a serious contender for the Republican nomination In November however Cain was accused of sexual harassment by multiple women Cain denied the allegations but announced the suspension of his campaign on December 3 He remained active in the Republican Party and was a co chairman of Black Voices for Trump in the 2020 election cycle Cain died from COVID 19 on July 30 2020 at the age of 74 Contents 1 Early life 2 Education and career 2 1 Burger King and Godfather s Pizza 2 2 Federal Reserve Bank and National Restaurant Association 2 3 Media work 2 4 Recognition 2 5 Possible nomination to the Federal Reserve Board 2 6 Black Voices for Trump 3 Political activities 3 1 Role in the defeat of 1993 Clinton health care plan 3 2 Senior adviser to 1996 Dole campaign 3 3 2000 presidential campaign 3 4 2004 U S Senate campaign 3 5 Americans for Prosperity and America s PAC 3 6 2012 presidential campaign 3 6 1 Straw poll victories 3 6 2 9 9 9 Plan 3 6 3 Sexual harassment allegations 3 6 4 End of 2012 campaign 3 7 Cain s Solutions Revolution 3 8 State of the Union response 3 9 Call for a third party 4 Personal life 4 1 Health and death 5 Bibliography 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksEarly life editHerman Cain was born on December 13 1945 1 in Memphis Tennessee to Lenora Davis Cain 1925 1982 a cleaning woman and domestic worker and Luther Cain 1925 2005 who was raised on a farm and worked as a barber and janitor as well as a chauffeur for Robert W Woodruff the president of The Coca Cola Company Cain said that as he was growing up his family was poor but happy Cain related that his mother taught him about her belief that success was not a function of what you start out with materially but what you start out with spiritually His father worked three jobs to own his own home which he achieved during Cain s childhood and to allow his two sons to attend college 2 3 Cain grew up on the west side of Atlanta attending S H Archer High School and the Rev Cameron M Alexander s Antioch Baptist Church North in the neighborhood now known as The Bluff Eventually the family moved to a modest brick home on Albert Street in the Collier Heights neighborhood He graduated from high school in 1963 4 5 Education and career editIn 1967 Cain graduated from Morehouse College with a Bachelor of Science in mathematics 6 In 1971 he received a Master of Science in computer science from Purdue University 7 while working full time as a ballistics analyst for the U S Department of the Navy as a civilian 8 After completing his master s degree at Purdue Cain left the Department of the Navy and began working for Coca Cola in Atlanta as a computer systems analyst In 1977 he moved to Minneapolis to join Pillsbury 9 10 becoming director of business analysis 11 in its restaurant and foods group in 1978 12 13 Burger King and Godfather s Pizza edit At age 36 Cain was assigned to analyze and manage 400 Burger King stores in the Philadelphia area At the time Burger King was a Pillsbury subsidiary Under Cain his region posted strong improvement in three years 9 14 According to a 1987 account in the Minneapolis Star Tribune Pillsbury s then president Win Wallin said He was an excellent bet Herman always seemed to have his act together 12 At Burger King Cain established the BEAMER program which taught our employees mostly teenagers how to make our patrons smile by smiling themselves It was a success Within three months of the program s initiation the sales trend was moving steadily higher 15 Cain s success at Burger King prompted Pillsbury to appoint him president and CEO of another subsidiary Godfather s Pizza On his arrival on April 1 1986 Cain told employees I m Herman Cain and this ain t no April Fool s joke We are not dead Our objective is to prove to Pillsbury and everyone else that we will survive 12 Godfather s Pizza was performing poorly having slipped in ranks of pizza chains from third in 1985 to fifth in 1988 9 Under Cain s leadership Godfather s closed approximately 200 restaurants and eliminated several thousand jobs and by doing so returned to profitability 16 In a leveraged buyout in 1988 Cain executive vice president and COO Ronald B Gartlan and a group of investors bought Godfather s from Pillsbury 9 Federal Reserve Bank and National Restaurant Association edit Cain served as chairman of the board of the Omaha Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City from January 1 1989 to December 31 1991 17 18 He became a member of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City in 1992 17 He served as deputy chairman from January 1 1992 to December 31 1994 and then as its chairman until August 19 1996 17 when he resigned to become active in national politics 19 Cain left Godfather s Pizza in 1996 and moved to the District of Columbia From 1996 to 1999 he served as CEO of the National Restaurant Association a trade group and lobbying organization for the restaurant industry on whose board of directors he had previously served 20 Cain s lobbying work for the association led to a number of connections to Republican lawmakers and politicians 16 Under Cain s leadership the Association lobbied against increases to the minimum wage mandatory health care benefits regulations against smoking and lowering the blood alcohol limit that determines whether one is driving under the influence 21 Cain was on the board of directors of Aquila Inc Nabisco Whirlpool Reader s Digest and AGCO 12 22 23 After Cain s term with the restaurant advocacy group ended in 1999 he returned to Omaha for about a year then moved to his hometown of Atlanta in 2000 24 Media work edit Cain wrote a syndicated op ed column which was distributed by the North Star Writers Group 25 Cain appeared in the 2009 documentary An Inconvenient Tax 26 From 2008 to February 2011 Cain hosted The Herman Cain Show on Atlanta talk radio station WSB 27 28 On January 19 2012 Cain began working for WSB again by providing daily commentaries while occasionally filling in for Erick Erickson and Neal Boortz 28 Cain took over Boortz s radio talk show on January 21 2013 upon Boortz s retirement 29 The show was dropped from the Westwood One Radio Network in December 2016 in favor of The Chris Plante Show but continued to air in limited syndication through WSB s owner Cox Radio 30 On February 15 2013 Fox News Channel announced Cain would join the network as a contributor 31 In March 2019 Cain was a panelist on a Watter s World episode 32 Recognition edit Cain received the 1996 Horatio Alger Award 33 and was bestowed with honorary degrees from Creighton University Johnson amp Wales University Morehouse College the University of Nebraska Lincoln the New York City College of Technology Purdue University Suffolk University and Tougaloo College 22 Then former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Jack Kemp referred to Cain as the Colin Powell of American capitalism Kemp stated that Cain s conquests won t be counted in terms of countries liberated or lives saved but in those things that make life worth living expanding opportunity creating jobs and broadening horizons not just for those he knows but through his example for those he ll never meet 34 Possible nomination to the Federal Reserve Board edit On April 4 2019 President Donald Trump said that he intended to nominate Cain to the second of the two vacant seats on the Federal Reserve Board 35 36 Assessing the possible nomination news publications reviewed Cain s sexual misconduct allegations that preceded his withdrawal from the 2012 presidential election 37 38 39 Cain acknowledged that the nomination process would be more cumbersome for him due to his unusual career 40 He initially stated that he was not considering withdrawing his name from consideration for the seat 41 After it appeared likely that he would not receive enough votes to support his confirmation Cain withdrew on April 22 2019 18 42 Black Voices for Trump edit In the 2020 election cycle Cain was a co chairman of Black Voices for Trump 43 Political activities editMain article Political positions of Herman Cain Role in the defeat of 1993 Clinton health care plan edit In 1994 as president elect of the National Restaurant Association Cain challenged President Bill Clinton on the costs of the employer mandate contained within the Health Security Act and criticized the effect on small businesses Bob Cohn of Newsweek described Cain as one of the primary opponents of the plan 44 The Clintons would later blame Harry and Louise the fictional couple in the ads aired by the insurance industry for undermining health reform But the real saboteurs are named Herman and John Herman Cain is the president of Godfather s Pizza and president elect of the National Restaurant Association An articulate entrepreneur Cain transformed the debate when he challenged Clinton at a town meeting in Kansas City Missouri Cain asked the president what he was supposed to say to the workers he would have to lay off because of the cost of the employer mandate Clinton responded that there would be plenty of subsidies for small businessmen but Cain persisted Quite honestly your calculation is inaccurate he told the president In the competitive marketplace it simply doesn t work that way Bob Cohn The Lost Chance Newsweek Because Kemp was impressed with Cain s performance he chartered a plane to Nebraska to meet Cain after the debate As a result Cain was appointed to the Kemp Commission in 1995 45 46 47 Joshua Green of The Atlantic called Cain s exchange with President Clinton his auspicious debut on the national political stage 48 Senior adviser to 1996 Dole campaign edit See also 1996 United States presidential election Cain was a senior economic adviser to the Bob Dole presidential campaign in 1996 49 2000 presidential campaign edit Main article 2000 Republican Party presidential primaries Cain briefly ran for the Republican presidential nomination in 2000 He later said in looking back at the effort that it was more about making political statements than winning the nomination George W Bush was the chosen one he had the campaign DNA that followers look for However Cain went on to state I believe that I had a better message and I believe that I was the better messenger 50 After ending his own campaign however he endorsed Steve Forbes 51 2004 U S Senate campaign edit Main article 2004 United States Senate election in Georgia In 2004 Cain ran for the U S Senate in Georgia and did not win in the primaries He was pursuing the seat that came open with the retirement of Democrat Zell Miller Cain sought the Republican nomination facing congressmen Johnny Isakson and Mac Collins in the primary Collins tried to paint Cain as a moderate 52 citing Cain s support for affirmative action programs while Cain argued that he was a conservative noting that he opposed the legality of abortion except when the mother s life is threatened 53 Cain finished second in the primary with 26 2 of the vote ahead of Collins who won 20 6 but because Isakson won 53 2 of the vote Isakson was able to avoid a runoff 54 Americans for Prosperity and America s PAC edit Starting in 2005 Cain worked for the political advocacy group Americans for Prosperity AFP alongside Mark Block Block would later become campaign manager for Cain s 2012 presidential run and would be joined in Cain s campaign by several other AFP employees Cain continued to receive honoraria for speaking at AFP events until he announced his campaign for the Republican nomination 55 Cain s senior economic advisor during his 2012 presidential campaign Rich Lowrie who helped devise Cain s 9 9 9 tax plan had served on the AFP board 56 In 2006 Cain voiced several radio ads encouraging people of color to vote Republican the ads were funded by a group called America s PAC and its founder J Patrick Rooney 57 2012 presidential campaign edit Main article Herman Cain 2012 presidential campaign nbsp Cain speaking at the Ames Straw Poll in August 2011A Tea Party activist 58 Cain addressed numerous Tea Party rallies in 2010 6 Following the 2010 midterm elections Cain announced his intentions to run for president in December 2010 stating that there was a 70 chance that he would attempt to seek the office 59 Later that month he was the surprise choice for 2012 GOP nominee in a RedState reader poll 6 Cain announced the formation of an exploratory committee on January 12 2011 60 61 before formally announcing his candidacy on May 21 in Atlanta 62 Straw poll victories edit Cain s addresses to conservative groups were well received 63 and in late September and early October 2011 Cain won the straw polls of the Florida Republican Party TeaCon and the National Federation of Republican Women s Convention 64 65 My focus groups have consistently picked Herman Cain as the most likeable candidate in the debates said GOP pollster Frank Luntz Don t underestimate the power of likability even in a Republican primary The more likeable the candidate the greater the electoral potential 64 66 9 9 9 Plan edit Main article 9 9 9 Plan In July 2011 an advisor suggested that his campaign s tax policy plan be called the Optimal Tax but Cain rejected the name saying we re just going to call it what it is 9 9 9 Plan 67 The plan would have replaced the then current tax code with a 9 percent business transactions tax a 9 percent personal income tax and a 9 percent federal sales tax During a debate on October 12 Cain said his plan expands the base arguing that when you expand the base we can arrive at the lowest possible rate which is 9 9 9 68 An analysis released to Bloomberg News by the campaign claimed that the rate for each of the three taxes could in fact be as low as 7 3 but poverty grants which Cain described as a lower rate in targeted empowerment zones 69 necessitated a national rate of nine percent 68 Paul Krugman criticized the plan saying it shifts much of the current tax burden from the rich to the poor 70 Arthur Laffer 67 Lawrence Kudlow 71 the Club for Growth 72 and Congressman Paul Ryan 73 spoke favorably of the plan On October 21 Cain told a crowd in Detroit that the plan would be 9 0 9 for the poor saying that if you are at or below the poverty level then you don t pay that middle nine on your income 74 Cain s 9 9 9 plan attracted skepticism from his fellow candidates at numerous Republican debates 75 Sexual harassment allegations edit Main article Herman Cain 2012 presidential campaign Sexual harassment allegations nbsp Cain in Scottsdale Arizona in November 2011In late October 2011 Politico reported that Cain had been accused by two women of sexual harassment and misconduct during his time as CEO of the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990s 76 77 Two other women made additional harassment accusations later on Cain acknowledged that the restaurant organization made financial settlements to the complainants Two of the four women came forward publicly Sharon Bialek and Karen Kraushaar 78 On November 28 2011 Cain asserted that a woman named Ginger White claimed to have had an affair with him and that the allegation was not true 79 In an interview with White which aired on the same day she stated that the affair lasted 13 years and ended right before Cain announced his presidential campaign 80 On November 30 2011 at an event in Dayton Ohio Cain denounced the allegations of sexual harassment and adultery 81 End of 2012 campaign edit On December 3 2011 Cain suspended his campaign The sexual harassment claims were widely considered responsible for the sharp drop in his poll numbers 82 83 According to a Pew Research Center report on December 21 2011 Cain was the most covered candidate among the Republicans during that year 84 Cain s Solutions Revolution edit On January 4 2012 Cain announced the Cain s Solutions Revolution Cain s stated goal was to get commitments from members of Congress to support the 9 9 9 Plan before the 2012 elections 85 Cain stated that he started a new movement because the biggest comment I got when I ended my candidacy was to keep 9 9 9 alive That s what this is about and I m going to keep it alive with what I m calling Cain s Solutions Revolution 86 In order to promote this movement Cain employed both a bus tour and a new website 87 New York magazine stated It s Cain s earnest effort to keep 9 9 9 alive and focus on solutions 88 On January 20 2012 Cain spoke at Stephen Colbert s Rock Me Like a Herman Cain South Cain Olina Primary Rally 89 The Huffington Post reported the crowd size was between 3 000 and 5 000 people It was described at the time as the largest campaign rally so far during this GOP presidential primary season 90 State of the Union response edit For President Barack Obama s 2012 State of the Union address the Tea Party Express chose Cain to give its second annual response 91 After Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels gave the official GOP response 92 Cain delivered his speech at the National Press Club 93 The speech was streamed live on the Tea Party Express website 92 94 Cain referred to Obama s address as a hodgepodge of liberal ideas adding that there were no big ideas that would impact job growth and no big ideas that would stimulate economic growth in this country 95 Call for a third party edit Although Mitt Romney was endorsed by Cain on May 15 2012 96 he would eventually lose the general election to President Obama 97 Cain then told Bryan Fischer that the Republican Party no longer represented the interests of conservatives in the United States and that it did not have the ability to rebrand itself He asserted that a legitimate third party would be needed to replace it 98 Personal life editCain married Gloria Etchison of Atlanta soon after her graduation from Morris Brown College in 1968 99 100 The couple had two children Melanie and Vincent and four grandchildren 101 102 Cain served as an associate minister at the Antioch Baptist Church North in Atlanta which he joined at the age of 10 103 The church is part of the National Baptist Convention 104 and is politically liberal and theologically conservative The church s senior pastor Rev Cameron M Alexander did not share Cain s political philosophy 105 Disclosures filed during Cain s 2011 campaign categorized his wealth at that time as being between 2 9 and 6 6 million with Cain s combined income for both 2010 and 2011 being between 1 1 and 2 1 million 16 Health and death edit See also Herman Cain Award In 2006 Cain was diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer and metastasis to his liver with a 30 percent chance of survival After he underwent surgery and chemotherapy the cancer was reported to be in remission 106 Cain opposed masking and social distancing mandates during the COVID 19 pandemic 107 108 109 He attended the 2020 Trump Tulsa rally on June 20 and was photographed not wearing a face mask in a crowd who also were not wearing masks 110 On June 29 Cain tested positive for COVID 19 during the COVID 19 pandemic in Georgia and was admitted to an Atlanta area hospital two days later 111 On July 2 Cain s staff said there was no way of knowing for sure how or where he contracted the disease 111 Dan Calabrese the editor of Cain s website said I realize people will speculate about the Tulsa rally but Herman did a lot of traveling that week including to Arizona where cases were spiking 43 In her 2023 book Cassidy Hutchinson noted that upon hearing of Cain s passing Mark Meadows remarked that we killed Herman Cain in reference to the 2020 Tulsa rally 112 Cain died of complications from COVID 19 on July 30 2020 at the age of 74 113 Bibliography editExternal videos nbsp Book party for They Think You re Stupid May 16 2005 C SPAN The Intangibles of Implementation in the technical journal Interfaces Vol 9 No 5 1979 pp 144 147 published by the Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences INFORMS Leadership Is Common Sense 2nd ed Tapestry 2000 1997 ISBN 978 1 930819 02 3 Speak as a Leader Lebhar Friedman Books 1999 ISBN 978 0 86730 782 5 CEO of SELF Tapestry 2001 ISBN 978 1 930819 04 7 They Think You re Stupid Why Democrats Lost Your Vote and What Republicans Must Do to Keep It Stroud amp Hall 2011 2005 ISBN 978 0 9796462 7 0 This Is Herman Cain My Journey to the White House Threshold Editions 2011 ISBN 978 1 4516 6613 7 9 9 9 An Army of Davids Velocity Mascot 2012 ISBN 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Retrieved January 5 2012 Oliphant James December 3 2011 Herman Cain drops out of presidential race Los Angeles Times Retrieved December 3 2011 Lin Joy December 2 2011 Cain Poll Numbers Plummet in Iowa Fox News Archived from the original on December 5 2011 Retrieved December 3 2011 The Year in the News 2011 Top Newsmakers Project for Excellence in Journalism Pew Research Center December 21 2011 Stableford Dylan January 4 2012 Herman Cain launches Cain s Solutions Revolution to keep 999 alive The Ticket Yahoo News Retrieved January 4 2012 Summers Juana January 4 2012 Herman Cain to launch 9 9 9 bus tour Politico Retrieved January 4 2012 Cain aims to keep 9 9 9 alive PoliticalTicker CNN January 4 2012 Retrieved January 4 2012 Smiley Brett January 4 2012 Herman Cain to Ride Around Promoting 9 9 9 on Cain s Solutions Revolution Bus Tour New York Retrieved January 4 2012 Katz Matt January 21 2012 Colbert channels Cain in big anti rally The Philadelphia Inquirer Archived from the original on 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Trotta Daniel Shalal Andrea Heavey Susan July 30 2020 Herman Cain ex presidential candidate who refused to wear mask dies after COVID 19 diagnosis Reuters Retrieved July 31 2020 Stahl Jeremy July 30 2020 Herman Cain Conservative Culture Warrior Who Opposed Mask Mandates Dies of COVID 19 Slate Retrieved July 31 2020 Peters Jeremy W July 30 2020 Will Herman Cain s Death Change Republican Views on the Virus and Masks The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved July 31 2020 Solender Andrew July 2 2020 Herman Cain Hospitalized With COVID 19 After Attending Trump Tulsa Rally Maskless Forbes Archived from the original on July 3 2020 Retrieved July 2 2020 a b O Reilly Andrew July 2 2020 Herman Cain hospitalized after testing positive for coronavirus Fox News Retrieved July 2 2020 Humphrey Jake Tapper Jeremy Herb Makayla September 26 2023 Cassidy Hutchinson s new book reveals a Trump White House even more chaotic than previously known CNN Politics CNN Retrieved September 26 2023 a href Template 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