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'Geraldo at Large' Boards the 'Cain Train'

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    GOP presidential candidate hits the road on book tour after surge in polls

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Simply.

If I'm forced to do this.

What will I tell those people whose jobs I won't have to eliminate would add about one and a half percent of the total cost of doing business.

You'll calculation.

On what the impact would do.

Quite honestly is incorrect.

OK welcome back to the -- park here at the head up Wall Street.

Now to Herman Chan who has been confounding Democrats ever since president let you just saw him.

But now Herman Cain has hit his stride politically speaking.

Is He though a serious candidate for the GOP nomination Craig spent the day retirement day.

After winning the Florida straw poll Herman Cain -- himself at the front of the pack.

For the nomination for the Republican presidential elections now he's also -- best selling author.

This is -- -- my journey.

To the White House signing books to a sold out audience here.

-- -- Whom He treated.

-- look I let you live.

And.

Things don't worry they are going.

Outstanding.

And his wife.

And their recent surge in the polls.

It came but we didn't expect that this come on this fast in this -- The other encouraging thing is that we see all the -- signs that this surge is gonna last.

As Rick Perry faltered and Mike Huckabee Chris Christie and Sarah Palin dropped out -- has exploded onto the scene.

As a top contender for the GOP -- I love it because He would not the typical Washington DC politician.

He is your average guy -- is good on economics and that's what we need right now terminate our.

Tell -- you guys here.

See the next president of the United States if you believe that I believe some of these common sense gun again and I think he's going to be -- -- for the country the thing that I believe this.

Resonated with the American people is that I'm talking about not only solutions to problems.

But I'm also talking about how I would go about solving problems because I don't have all -- How did you know your heart that you would be an able candidate that you would be a person that people would come to see as they had today and every time I've made a career change in my career I have to do -- -- and a lot of soul searching this was no different.

But it was just bigger.

The millionaire businessman.

Former CEO of godfather pizza -- found success He says being the CEO of self rising -- shooting through the ranks of Coca-Cola.

Burger king and Pillsbury.

In 1988 He bought subsidiary godfather pizza after taking it from the brink of bankruptcy.

I have clean.

Restaurant I have swept the parking lot I've managed a small business managed collects in the businesses.

I have been a hands on executive all my life they call me racist because about disagree with the president who -- to -- back He said that your.

President Obama's worst nightmare is that because your conservative and -- African America -- President Obama -- worst nightmare because.

-- conservative.

And He is staunchly in the role I came from a main street background.

-- served on the board of Nabisco the National Restaurant Association and was appointed in 95 as chairman of the federal reserve bank of Kansas City.

On a personal note He -- stage four colon and liver cancer I have described myself all alone as a problem solved.

That's what business people do.

And those -- the skills that I would bring to office president.

And what about the black vote for the staunch conservative.

-- says it's not about color it's about your ideas that's about the solutions.

Which He says He.

He says He -- installations.

Maybe He steps.

-- how do you turn around the black vote majority of whom voted for President Obama I'm not going to be able to convince.

All -- -- black voters -- -- okay.

The good news is.

I won't be able to.

-- a large number of them vote for McCain he's proposal to throw out the current tax code and pass a 9% business flat tax.

A 9% personal income tax.

And a 9% national sales tax has resonated across economic lines they say.

I like -- solutions are really like you Matt Matt -- play because you know when you get right down to it.

The one thing that -- -- it every ethnic group.

Is what are we gonna do about this economy.

And what you have a solution.

You as my good friend Jack Kemp is to say.

Rats and -- that's all boats talking about the economy there are a bunch of kids protesting Wall Street.

Do you believe there on America I don't believe that they on American but I believe that they and -- capitalism.

Secondly.

Wall Street isn't where they ought to be protest Wall Street didn't spend a trillion dollars to try to spin this nation to prosperity.

All of that was done about this administration.

Lot of people are asking Herman Cain.

Why should Iowa weren't you in New Hampshire why you -- selling books I've been now 24 times since the beginning of the year.

It's not like we don't have a presence is -- but in order to get my name idea.

I -- is if I needed to also help promote the book because.

This book asked the question that a lot of people ask -- blistering case.

Those army -- but my question BO great guys you join me here.

At large as it -- -- park in lower Manhattan.

Does He have them deal to -- the buzz of a real contender.

It does have the -- that may need to look at the crowds that we saw at Pentagon City.

They came out in droves to see and they're very passionate about and they really believe in him and just look at how his.

The recognition factor has gone out there who is 23%.

Now it's up to 55% people identify with them they identified -- this -- they're tired of hearing the old negative campaign and He has solutions they side.

Out we'll see how how He plays Bailey at the second spot.

Who knows maybe get the nomination.

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