burger king. i was an -- then i went to burger king. i was assigned the worst region, in terms of growth in profits, sales, morale. in 3 1/2 years the region was the best in everything. i'm a problem solver. when i to godfather's it was supposed to go bankrupt. pillsbury had decided they were going to write it off, but i didn't get the memo. and the people in the company didn't get the memo. what did i do? what is the right problem? surround myself with good people. put together the right plans to fix the problem and we did. to this day godfather's has not gone bankrupt. the skills that i used to solve problems, including when i was fulltime and ceo and president of the national restaurant association, those skills, i believe are applicable, leading this nation. that's why i believe people are responding. >> sean: if you look at obama's background, i've looked at it exhaust actively, extensively, before the election -- and during his presidency. one of the biggest problems i see, hung out with radicals. has extreme views. not that i can see, ever met a payroll. i have, you have. in my much smaller way. i was never the vice president of pillsbury. my own way it taught me so much when people were dependent on me to keep my business running, because they had mortgages to pay. i was a young kid. i still had to live up to my side of the bargain. what is the difference? based on his lack of business experience? >> no. and here's why. leaders, first of all, they know how to listen. they know how to ask the right questions. if you've never been in a situation where you had to create jobs, lead a business or challenge your advisers, you don't know the right questions to ask. this is why the president's economic policies have failed. he had five people that he trusted in that made up his senior economic advisory team. the only one that is left is tim geithner. >> sean: the tax cheat. >> right the tax cheat. that is the only one that is left. leaders know how to listen and ask the right questions in order to get to the right plan. analyze him his rigid ideology gets in the way of his ability to ask questions? maybe he doesn't want to hear the right answers. then he surrounded himself t=z)speople who agree with >> you are right. not only is his rigid ideology, which is government is better, bigger. has done. it is also not having any real life practical experience running anything. that's how you learn how to ask those right questions. and that's how you learn how to challenge the people that are giving you this advice so you can put together the right plans. herman cain. he knows he's the underdog in the race. but promises he will soon become a front-runner. his strategy, coming up on this special edition of hannity, straight ahead. challenge that with olay regenerist night elixir. its gentle glycolic formula resurfaces at night for the smooth skin of a light chemical peel. sleep ght. regenerist, from olay. with less chronic low back pain. imagine living your life with less chronic osteoarthritis pain. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is a non-narcotic treatment that's fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not approved for children under 18. people taking maois or thioridazine or with uncontrolled glaucoma should not take cymbalta. taking it with nsaid pain relievers, aspirin, or blood thinners may increase bleeding risk. severe liver problems, some fatal, were reported. signs include abdominal pain and yellowing of the skin or eyes. talk with your doctor about your medicines, including those for migraine, or if you have high fever, confusion and stiff muscles, to address a possible life-threatening condition. tell your doctor about alcohol use, liver disease, and before you reduce or stop taking cymbalta. dizziness or fainting may occur upon standing. side effects include nausea, dry mouth, and constipation. [ male announcer ] ask your doctor about cymbalta. imagine you, with less pain. cymbalta can help. go to cymbalta.com to learn about a free trial offer. >> sean: welcome back. we continue with the former ceo of god 's pizza, herman cain. -- godfather's pizza. herman cain. the polls have you pretty much in third place. then there's a group behind you that is creeping up. a group above that has a good margin on you. what is your plan? how do you get from where you are today to the top of the heap, win the iowa caucus, win the new hampshire primary, win in south carolina, win in nevada? how are you going to pull that off? >> first thing is stay away from bob beckel. after that i do that -- he would drag my name id down. >> sean: immediately. drags mine down and i'm not running. >> first, two things that you don't hear talked about when they report on the fact i'm in third place. if you put together all of the polls that have been done i'm still in third place behind one person that is not even running. one of the gallup polls called positive intensity has had me consistently in first place. >> sean: i did see that. in terms of the intensity of your supporters. >> and the way they calculate that is, how many people strongly favor herman cain? they somebody track out the people who strongly do not -- and they subtract out the people who strongly do not support herman cain. i have a substantially lead on everybody. that says not only am i like able but my message is resonating. >> sean: i've known you for years. i've always none you are likeable. >> another critical point that is part of our strategy and why we are excited about coming in third. if you look at the story that has been out about romney and bachmann being tied in iowa, fine that's the story. here's the story that is not being told. they have twice the name id of herman cain. that simply says, if you put positive intensity, plus low name. --. and the more i do, i can only get better. >> sean: how do you do old fashioned retail politic in a presidential campaign? you can't shake everybody in iowa's hand, you can try. you can shake everybody's hand in new hampshire and south carolina. if you can pull that off you ought to be president of the world. you gotta raise money. >> let's go back to the first question first. i didn't just start shaking hands and visiting iowa january 1st or 15th, when i announced my exploratory. i have been visiting iowa, new hampshire, florida, texas, louisiana, nevada, different parts of georgia, south carolina, since last august. not necessarily kicking the tires to see if i wanted to run for president. i was visiting all of these states to find out what is on the hearts and minds of the american people? buy the same i got around to declaring my exploratory committee, a lot of people that i had already touched, they go wow, i like this guy! it is not like i just started. the other aspect is, april 15th, 2009, i gave my first tea party speech in las vegas, nevada. were you in atlanta, i was in have as go. they were expecting 600 people. they ended up with 2600 people i was one of the speakers. i was speaking at the tea party before it was cool. it is not like i just burst on to the scene. i burst on to the scene for many of the mainstream media but not for a lot of the grassroots people out there. >> sean: when did you make that decision? was it then did it first pop into your mind i might want to challenge barack obama? >> first time that i thought about running for president was the day he signed the health care deform legislation on march 23rd, . i knew then that this president had one of the most arrogant disregards for the american people that i had ever seen in my lifetime. and that arrogant disregard was based upon the fact that polls had shown that the person people did not want this solution. many of the american people figured out, we don't have a health care crisis in america. we have a health care cost crisis in america. secondly, there are patient-centered market driven ways to bring down the cost of health care and health insurance as well as increase accessibility. in fact, legislation was introduce today in 2009 that the democrats ignored. it was an arrogant disregard for the will of the people. secondly, arrogant disregard on the part of this president for the business sector. the business sector is the engine that will drive this economy. and he's shown this disdain for the business sector. >> sean: they used stimulus 4 1/2 trillion in new obama debt. unemployment record highs. we don't even con a lot of people that are still unemployed. the economy is a mess. we've got to deal with entitlements. the president has been ignoring it. how do you get to a balanced budget? how long is it going to take herman can if you are president? >> wednesday i'm going to be -- coming soon, i'm going to be announcing the fact that i call it the cain's economic vision that's what a real plan needs vision as well as specifics. in the first phase of my economic booster plan i'm not going to use the word stimulus it has become a bad wore. first phase proposing to congress. -- they have to send me legislation. lowering the top corporate tax rate to a maximum of 25%. it happens to coincide with what is in the ryan's plan which i totally agree with. but he and i didn't collaborate on that we are the only country in the world who has not lowered our corporate tax rate in 15 years. take capital gains to zero. i didn't say shave, reduce, compromise to a number to make the democrats happy, no take it zero. capital gains is a wall between people with money and people with ideas. what do people with ideas need? money what do they do with it? they start new businesses that's where many of the jobs come from. thirdly, repatriated profits. suspend taxes on repatriated profits. do those three things. here's the bow around the package, permanently, uncertainy is killing this economy. and it will continue to kill this economy because right now, i have businessmen all the time telling me, i would grow, but i don't know what the taxes are going to be. we don't know. >> sean: you also support a flat tax. across the board flat tax, no income tax, no irs. >> no irs. >> sean: ever? >> consumption tax, national sales tax. that would be phase two of my economic booster plan. which would super charge this economy. here's one of the most attractive features. the demagogues are going try and lie about it and say it won't work. it takes the decision for how much taxes you pay from the government to the individual based upon your -- >> sean: the rate. >> the rate that's in the legislation right now hr-25 is 23%. that being said, let me say this, it replaces all of your federal income tax deductions. it replaces your fica tax deduction. it collects the same amount we are collecting today. >> sean: you say it is revenue neutral. you don't pay any income tax, you don't pay social security tax, but if you buy a car you pay 23% taxes. what if you buy a house? >> new house, you pay taxes. used house, you don't pay taxes. >> sean: nothing. >> nothing. >> sean: would would anybody want to buy a new house? >> just like they want to buy new clothes, new shoes and new cars. when you reach that point in your economic life you are going to want to buy some new stuff. the other thing is, sooner or later the used stuff is going to be used up, there won't be any more inventory. here's one of the other most important things. with the national sales tax which is the national consumption tax, no more irs, no more spending money to tile for compliance. we spend, -- to file for compliance. we 430 billions trial to fill out the forms and stay out of jail. we are going to raise the same amount of revenue. >> sean: next, herman cain lays out what his foreign policy would be. i'll ask him if he's serious about having a littley test for muslims who would want to work in his administration? that and more coming up on the hannity primary. >> sean: welcome back. here's the final installment of my interview with herman cain. foreign policy. >> yes. >> sean: you have a wonderful background on economics. >> right. >> sean: pillsbury, burger great success stories. you have outlined your plan for the economy. does the issue of foreign policy and your history and your background, what foreign policy experience do you have? >> first, foreign policy is more than bombs and bullets. it is about bombs, bullets and business. our friends they have an interest in being friends with us if there's also a bombs, bullets and business component. it is not just about bombs and bullets. now, because of my experience serving on several corporate international companies, i have visited many countries. and there has to be a business component or a business incentive in order to develop a good relationship with a company. secondly, you don't have to have had foreign policy experience in order to know who your friends are and who your enemies are. >> sean: or common sense. >> it is called common sense. look at what is happening with pakistan. there are questions about whether or not pakistan is really our friend or our foe. the second thing ab