{"id":32754,"date":"2011-10-16T23:39:46","date_gmt":"2011-10-17T05:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nmpolitics.net\/index\/?p=32754"},"modified":"2011-10-16T23:54:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-17T05:54:36","slug":"keep-an-eye-on-cain-but-dont-bet-on-him","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nmpolitics.net\/index\/2011\/10\/keep-an-eye-on-cain-but-dont-bet-on-him\/","title":{"rendered":"Keep an eye on Cain, but don’t bet on him"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Herman Cain<\/p><\/div>\n

It’s all about the 9-9-9.<\/p>\n

And 9-9-9 translates into the latest political wonder man, Herman Cain<\/a>. But he’s your non-Fred Thompson political wonder man. Herman Cain is not exactly Mr. Law & Order. In fact, he’s the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza. And that is precisely and \u00a0ironically why Herman Cain is so entertaining to watch.<\/p>\n

To be fair, the GOP nomination process has become a fast form of entertainment in and of itself. Think about it: The debates have about the regularity of a TV series and you have a regular cast of characters. The variable in the series is the lead character. He shifts. It’s Romney to Perry to Romney to Cain. Romney is the steady, and most relied upon lead, it’s true. But, now enter Herman Cain…<\/p>\n

And, so, the flavor of the month has taken off. Note the\u00a0Oct. 10 MSNBC\/Wall Street Journal poll<\/a>\u00a0that found Cain leading Romney by four percentage points (27 percent to 23 percent).\u00a0Two days later, a Rassmussen Report poll<\/a>\u00a0showed Cain and Romney tied at 29 percent. Somehow between the Sept. 22 GOP debate and winning the Sept. 23 Florida straw poll, the man from nowhere became the man going somewhere.<\/p>\n

One message<\/h3>\n

How did this happen?\u00a0Herman Cain told reporters in New Hampshire the other week that\u00a0it’s message, not money. Well to that point, Cain has successfully voiced one message and one message fully: 9-9-9.<\/p>\n

Let’s chat about this 9-9-9 plan.\u00a0Essentially it’s a valiant effort to scrap the existing federal tax structure, entirely, to include the elimination of the Social Security tax, the estate tax, and the capitol gains tax. The 9-9-9 would mandate three things:<\/p>\n