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Black Conservative Herman Cain Surges in US Presidential Campaign Polls
In the past couple of weeks, a man many voters had never heard of until recently surged in public opinion polls about the race for the U.S. Republican presidential nomination1. Herman Cain, the former head of the Godfather's Pizza chain, has never been elected to public office. Many of Cain's supporters like him because he is not a career politician.
Wherever he goes these days, Herman Cain is besieged2 by fans. But many political analysts3 contend this political novice4 has no chance of winning the Republican nomination.
Cain dismisses such talk.
“The only ones who see that as a negative are the pundits5 who have been dead wrong up to this point in thinking that this long shot [unlikely winner] does not have a chance," he said.
But Cain lags behind in campaign fundraising compared with his leading rivals,Texas Governor Rick Perry and former Massachusetts Governor Mitt6 Romney. Still, participants in a recent straw poll in Florida put Cain in first place.
“The overwhelming victory in that straw poll shows that message is more powerful than money," said Cain.
Cain wants to reform the U.S. tax system with his 9-9-9 plan, setting the income tax rate for corporations and individuals, as well as a national sales tax, all at nine percent.
Economists7 give the plan mixed reviews, but he says it will solve the country's fiscal8 crisis.
“If the American people understand it, they are going to support it and they are going to demand it," he said.
Hanne Kirkpatrick supports the plan.
“It levels the playing field, it makes everything fair," said Kirkpatrick.
Sales manager Renee Cummins likes Cain's business-like approach to government.
“The United States of America is headed toward bankruptcy9, but if we were run more like a corporation, I think it would be better for everyone," said Cummins.
But some voters remain skeptical10. Seventeen-year-old Sean Tucker will vote for the first time next year.
“He does not have experience actually playing the political game; he could find himself co-opted by corporate11 interests, assuming he already isn't," said Tucker.
With Cain now high up in most polls, other candidates will likely attack his tax plan, as well as his lack of government experience.
But, if he were to win the Republican nomination, it would be another milestone12 in U.S. history, with a black opposition13 candidate campaigning to replace the first black president.
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