https://redstate.com/erick/2010/12/15/herman-cain-2012/feed/Conservative News & Politicsen-usFri, 12 Jun 2026 07:56:27 -0400<![CDATA[It was all for fun, but I am surprised by the results.In our 2012 brackets, Herman Cain reigns supreme as the reader pick for 2012.Now, to be fair, he also has a huge twitter following and microphone to drive people to vote. He garnered 8,900 votes to Governor Sarah Palin&#8217;s 8100 votes. Mighty impressive.Herman Cain is the former CEO of Godfather&#8217;s Pizza, a radio show host on WSB in Atlanta, and, judging by RedState Readers, the Republican Party&#8217;s 2012 Nominee for President of the United States.He&#8217;s a tremendously good speaker and a thoughtful conservative. He rejects the idea of &#8220;big government conservatism&#8221; and believes in empowering individuals. I like Herman Cain and, though truth be told I never thought he&#8217;d make it past Mike Pence, I am delightfully surprised by the results.It&#8217;s all for fun folks. I wouldn&#8217;t too much stock into it, but I would say it is a good sign for Herman Cain that, being relatively unknown, he can generate that much enthusiasm for himself. Works for me.P.S. — Herman spoke at the RedState Gathering 2010. See what happens when you fire up the grassroots? Better plan on coming to RedState Gathering 2011. Details on that soon.]]>Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:31:36 -0500<![CDATA[Erick Erickson]]>https://redstate.com/erick/2010/12/15/herman-cain-2012-n37328