During the 2012 Republican primary, several candidates were criticized as unserious hustlers who cared less about America's problems than getting more famous into order to sell books — or get a Fox News contract like the one Herman Cain landed on Friday. Well, it's a year later. How did everyone do?
There would have been few consequences if Herman Cain had said he couldn't be bothered to learn the name of the leader of "Ubeki-beki-beki-beki-stan-stan" while he was just a talk radio host, but now that he's a candidate for commander-in-chief, he's now got the Afghan president mocking him.
The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities has made an incredible and incredibly long chart to show how Herman Cain's "9-9-9" tax plan would impact taxpayers.
In poll after poll, Herman Cain's freewheeling humor is cited as a contributing factor to his astronomical rise in the GOP primary. Trouble is, the Washington press isn't laughing.
Here's a new, wonky game: what words do you think voters mentioned the most when Rick Perry's name was read by a pollster?
Here at The Atlantic Wire, we respect and value the social media editors who share the links that make our jobs easier. Sometimes, though, we have no idea what they're talking about. So after a day of staring at Twitter, we're sharing our favorites.
Tuesday night is the eighth Republican primary debate of the 2012 election cycle, and while many pundits agree that this time the debates have mattered a lot more this cycle, will they run out of things to say about them?
When her campaign was doing well this summer, Michele Bachmann rubbed colleagues the wrong way, but now that her support has cratered, she's starting to speak a little more softly and admit mistakes.
Herman Cain's presidential campaign paid Cain's motivational speaking company $36,511 for copies of Cain's books, Bloomberg's Jonathan D. Salant and Joshua Green report.
Herman Cain has been gaining steam, but enough to oust Obama?
Mitt Romney and Herman Cain in a virtual tie for the lead in the new CNN/ORC poll
The magazine finds Romney and Bachmann ridiculous, but Cain is "a rich illustration of the American Dream"
He seems to have skipped out on a decade's worth of controversial debate over the Iraq war
The former pizza CEO didn't come from nowhere; he helped build the Tea Party
That leaves Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, and Rick Perry will be vying for its delegates
But Perry is not persuading them that he's the best alternative
There's a bit of condescension in remarks about his "intellectual heft"
The popular video game beat Cain to the punch on his tax plan.
A NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll helps cement his status as a contender
After last night's debates, his numbers are up
He's polling well, but even conservatives are scared of his economic plan
Romney is back to running on inevitably; Cain is back to auditioning for a Fox deal
The Republicans think really want to know the details of Cain's 9-9-9 plan
Serious showings in polls means he'll have to answer serious questions
An NBC News-Marist poll shows Romney leading Cain by 3% in Iowa
It's the current darling among a rash of puns on the Hermanator's name.
Also in books: Jonathan Franzen's next book, the pun of Murkami's "1Q84"
Despite his sharp rise in polls, Cain is not a serious candidate
The second-choice frontrunner is trying to make the most of Chris Christie's exit
Cain's rise comes as Perry stumbles, leaving them both with 16% behind Mitt Romney
Plus: Herman Cain's biggest celebrity endorsement to date gets overshadowed
Silence in this case has its political advantages
Florida's decision to set its primary on January 31 is reshuffling the GOP calendar
The former senator still seeks respect, and a share of the conservative vote for president
Fox News's tally puts him in the top tier with Mitt Romney and Rick Perry
A painting of Bachmann with a serial killer, a Gingrich paper doll, a hideous Palin pot
A forthcoming autobiography denounces parties, celebrity guests, and inaugural balls
2012 GOP candidates all want to meet him -- even though he's not conservative or powerful
Nine Republicans debate Social Security, immigration, Israel, and everything else
An unusual group of supporters is pestering the campaign for gear
The allegation came in a staffer's filing for unemployment benefits, of all places
Expect the claws to come out in Iowa
Mitt Romney got sweaty, top Herman Cain staffers quit, Gingrich's campaign is in debt
He's willing to mock regardless of race, color, creed or national origin
Gingrich, Bachmann, Santorum, Perry are appealing to minority voters
The outspoken candidate struggled with increased scrutiny in a tense press conference
What GOP 2012 candidates are looking to prove tonight
Republican presidential candidate says Obama is "more of an international"
He's such a political outsider he doesn't want bills longer than three pages
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