it's been a remarkable two months for herman cain. in the august version of this poll, cain was tied for fifth with that 5% that michele bachmann now has. rick perry claimed the top spot at 38% and mitt romney was in the same number two spot unchanged at 23%. whatever you do, don't call herman cain the flavor of the week. >> i'm feeling great because a lot of people are taking a second look and then saying, maybe this long shot is not such a long shot. flavor of the week? no. because there's a difference between the flavor of the week and haagen-dazs black walnut because it tastes good all the time. call me haagen-dazs black walnut. >> haagen-dazs black walnut went after yesterday's front-runner mitt romney in last night's bloomberg/"washington post" debate. >> can you name all 59 points in your 160-page plan and does it satisfy that criteria of being simple, transparent, efficient, fair and neutral? [ applause ] >> herman, i've had the experience of my life of taking on some tough problems. i must admit that simple answers are always

satisfied with mitt romney. >> the people who are most likely to vote are the people who are supporting herman cain. you'u've got h herman c cain who's g got a lot of passion going, and then you've got rick perry who's sitting on $nd that can't buy you love but it can rent you some organizazation. >>>> i'm ricick pererry. and are e you brreaking u up with me? >> what about the guy that made pizza? in first place. >> 9-9-9! >> 9-9-9 has been basically dismissed by virtually every single reasonably educated economist that we can find. >> he may be making it up as he goes along. >> creating a vat and a sales tax and keeping the income tax. it's like having three needles in your arm take blood out. >> i do not think herman cain is the front-runner for the nomination. that said, you look at your poll, chuck, and there is a -- >> here are the head-to-head match-ups. you have president obama at 46% over mitt romney at 44%. against rerman cain herman cain the president has an 11-point lead and against rick perry he has a 12-point lead. >> we're stuck with mitt. >> if we don't run with chris christie romney

herman cain persists in the polls. the latest poll out of iowa shows mr. cain leading mitt romney by ten points. the real clear politics average of all polls across the country now shows herman cain out in front of everybody. this is not a flash in the pan. and that has even led the beltway press to notice something glaringly strange about the very successful herman cain campaign. and that is that he doesn't really seem to have a campaign. in "time" magazine today, "well connected gop operatives in new hampshire, florida and south carolina say they see little or no evidence of cain's campaign in those key early states." a new hampshire republican strategist says, if you said, tell me who was running the effort here, i could not even give you that person. in florida there's no organization to speak of. if there is a local group is that wants to invite them, it's unclear who to call. in south carolina, quote, we see nothing to resemble a real campaign. herman campaign doesn't have a campaign organization. he does not really have any organization, any on the g

. >>> rising cain, the leap of herman cain to the top of the pack of the presidential race. new poll numbers out tonight, 27% of republican voter back cain. former massachusetts governor mitt romney is the choice of 23%. governor perry follows at 16%. congressman ron paul cracks double-digit support. some are quick to suggest cain is the latest beneficiary of an anyone but romney dynamic among the most conservative republicans. the never shy mr. cain says he'll prove them wrong. >> will not be the flavor of the week. the answer is an emphatic no, because haggen-dasz black walnut tastes good all the time. >> why the soaring poll numbers? listen to this from an interview today with my colleague erin burnett. >> it demonstrates the voice of the people is more important than the voice of the media, with all due respect, because for a while, as you know, some people in the media tried to paint this as a two-man governor on governor race. the second key message is, message is more powerful than money. >> just who is this guy, herman ca cain? 65 years old. grew up in a poor family i

today herman cain beats romney on who can do the most for the economy. but romney beats cain on he can beat obama. >> 70% of the people don't even make up their minds until the final days in new hampshire and iowa, and i'm telling you -- >> 67% are open to changing their minds. we have a long way to go. your state was a test for the tea party, you had sharon angel against reid. she collapsed in the end. many say that's what happens when you get an inexperienced candidate, says things that aren't politically correct to borrow the term herman cain likes to use. how is the party changing at grassroots level that make experts like these guys and guys like me who covered a lot of elections maybe you come into a state and say i'm going to learn a new lesson because things on the ground are changing? >> sure. i appreciate the effort that the tea party puts in here in nevada. honestly, these are people that finally have a voice, and i welcome opinions and their efforts, like i said. so it definitely makes a difference here in nevada. sharon engel had a strong fol

herman cain.> you think you know a lot about the republican party, here's haley barbour on herman cain's chance of success. in southern states. haley barbour, king of the south. >> i have a theory on this, too. >> let's listen to haley barbour. >> if this election is where ought to be, and that is a referendum on how president obama has done, a republican's going to win. if herman cain is our nominee running against barack obama, i think he'll sweep the south. >> "he'll sweep the south." do you want to counter haley barbour? >> if he's the nominee. >> okay. >> i mean, will he win north carolina, virginia? i don't think so. but i don't think he'll be the nominee. we won't have to worry about haley's prediction. >> i'm going to go back to what you were saying. he's not going to be the number two. he's not going to be number one. my argument is this. mitt romney is more vulnerable than herman cain as a nominee, because he is very vulnerable with 77% of the party who relentlessly won't support him, ev

herman cain shows you exactly how to do that.corporate tax that does not allow corporations to include reasonable and normal business expenses. i'm not talking about their wild complicated tax loopholes. i'm talking about all normal reasonable business expenses. they're not allowed to be deducted under the 9-9-9 plan. now, if a democrat had proposed this, fox news would be screaming about a crazed anti-business socialist who was going to destroy american businesses and the american economy. now, let's restart that tape and listen to the rest of what herman cain had to say. >> on the first 9, relative to corporate profits, you are allowed to deduct -- this was in the calculation -- you are allowed to deduct purchases and capital investments. 100%. no depreciation schedules. capital expenses and purchases. if those purchases were made here in the united states of america. if you purchased components from a country outside of the united states, you can't deduct them. what does that do, folks? it makes u.s. goods more competitive wit

herman cain.id corn's an msnbc political analyst and "mother jones" magazine's washington bureau chief, and jonathan martin is senior political reporter for politico. gentleman, i want to know how this ends for this fellow, herman cain, who's come out of nowhere. you're chuckling, but let me raise a couple of questions here. i'm going to give you a number of questions, the scenario. this guy keeps going up. he's ahead now in south carolina. he's ahead now in florida. he's ahead of the field against a guy who can't do anything but flatline. mitt romney won't get above 23. he stays right there, like a dead guy, politically. whereas cain keeps going up. my question to you, if cain can even hold second place to romney, who gets ahead of him? who beats him? >> i tell you where it ends up. it ends up with herman cain on fox news and a lot of book sales. this guy will not be the nominee, chris. maybe rick perry comes back, you know, it's true that mitt romney's in a weak position, can't get above, but he

herman cain. [applause] before he comes forward, i have the opportunity and the privilege to introduce our next speaker, dr. alverta king. thank you. [applause] >> well, hello, america. this is our opportunity. if you did not get cain's vision today, make sure you get it. don't leave here without it. it's excellent, yes, yes, yes. revise, renew, rebuild. 9-9-9 now is our time. hush little baby, don't you cry. now is the time for a lull buy. to all the hungry children in america, have hope. to all the people crying for jobs, have hope. now is our time. can a nation be born in a day? only if we listen and obey. hear the still small voice. america now is truly our time. people are crying. people are dying, yet there is truly hope in america. yes, jesus loves me for the bible tells me so. remember that song? our children will sing their nursery rhymes again. our boys and girls will stay in school and not rot in jail. in 1963, my uncle, dr. martin luther king jr. had a dream, that there be one human ra

>> i don't think that herman cain is a racist. i don't think that harry belafonte is a racist because he says herman cain is a bad apple. i think race is being used in this instance all around the table to repress differences of opinion. when race issues to repress dissent, it is wrong on all sides of the table. look, herman cain as a republican, heetds conservative. he believes he has a prescription for growing the economy, creating jobs and providing opportunity for all americans, inclusive of black americans. >> when it comes to -- >> i think the name -- john, john, i think name calling has gone too far. >> you are saying name calling has gone too far. we have known each other a long time and your involvement in ohio politics including being the secretary of state. you are among the african-american republicans trying to build support in the african-americanommunity. is the language helpful to that effort to have more blacks join the republican party or hurtful? >> i think mr. cain's prescription for growing the economy is help

i saw one guy as herman cain finish run up to the stage, herman, herman, herman, come back.y said to him, what are you running for? and the guy held up a handful of money. i want to give herman cain $200 right now. it seemed to work for him in tennessee. >> gary, appreciate it. tomorrow's debate could be pivotal to the cain campaign. what does he need to do to maybe solidify his base and win over undecided voters? back us with is gloria borger. and let us bring in john king. are you surprised about the rise of herman cain? everyone is surprised. >> absolutely. you have to tip your hat because of his discipline, the 9-9-9 plan. however we're about to learn more about him. at the debate tomorrow you'll treat him as a viable candidate. in the other debate he was in single digits. the stakes are different now. the plan is being scrutinized. a lot of the people in gary's piece saying i really like him, if he stays at this point in polls, his opponents will start running ads against him. you like it? you'll pay more taxes under him. i had a conversation with him earlier today, and

herman cain.you think you know a lot about the republican party, here's haley barbour on herman cain's chance of success. >> i have a theory on this too. >> let's listen to haley barbour. >> if this election where it ought to be, and that's a referendum on how president obama's doing, a republican's going to win. if herman cain is our nominee running against barack obama, i think he'll sweep the south. >> "he'll sweep the south." do you want to counter haley barbour? >> "if he's the nominee." will he win north carolina? virginia? i don't think so. but i don't think he'll be the nominee. we won't have to worry about haley's prediction. >> my argument is this. mitt romney is more vulnerable than herman cain as a nominee, because he is very vulnerable with 77% of the party who reless lently won't support him, even in polls. he's got a problem. it might be the religion problem, i don't think so opinion i think it's the ideological problem. they don't trust him as a conservative. whereas herman cain, e

herman cain is going to be the pinata tonight. people have to go after him. he is starting to surge a bit. one i think could break through after cain is rick santorum, the others, i don't think so. rick santorum is a good debater, he has shown that and shown little momentum. >> i know many of the candidates personally, a lot of them are very smart people. i know newt gingrich, rick santorum. herman cain really has a chance to shine. he is surging because he is so smart and he has been so on point throughout this whole process. he's had less money to spend than some of the other candidates. >> joe, is that why he's surging? >> absolutely. think about who he is. he is a turnaround specialist, guy that turned around family franchises and did it getting them to take a second look at his product. he is doing the same with the voters. >> joe, i respectfully disagree. i think herman cain is the latest play. it was donald trump, then michele bachmann, now herman cain. sooner or later, people are going to accept the fact it is going to be mitt romney. you better deal w

herman cain stops by november 1. we're working to schedule all the candidates if for center seat with the panel. still ahead, could you or loved one die because there is not enough medicine? we'll explain. >> bret: the u.s. trade deficit dipped in august to $45.61 billion. the lowest amount in four months. the deficit is running at an annual rate of more than $564 billion. up 13% from last year. applications for unemployment benefits fell by 1,000 last week. but are still well above levels considered healthy. stocks were mixed today. dow lost 41. the s& s&p 500 gave back four. nasdaq added 15.5. of course, wall street is getting a lot of unwanted attention lately, because of the protests there. which leads us to the question: are the people on wall street really to blame for the struggling economy? chief washington correspondent james rosen went in search of an answer. >> the member of occupy wall street tend to blame economic morass on service sector. >> i have in mind a system between government, wall street, and m

let's talk about herman cain. the insults keep coming from the right-wing broadcasters, keep coming from many respects the main stream media. this is herman cain with lawrence walking back his comment on the unemployed. >> some people are unemployed through no fault of their own. i was referring to those people who have chosen to go and demonstrate on wall street for whatever reason and it's not real clear what reasons. >> he has no clue what he's talking about. >> what you have to do is go down this this and listen. in the media we often encourage people to tune in to find out what is true. what is happening there requires people to go and be present. i saw a society being built where there's free health care, there's education, there's housing and caring that people are finding there that they are not finding anywhere else. literally the learning circles are extraordinary. people in one corner talking about sort of french factory worker models, over here talking about the end of growth. it's kind of amazing. if

herman cain.id corn's an msnbc political analyst and "mother jones" magazine's washington bureau chief, and jonathan martin is senior political reporter for politico. gentleman, i want to know how this ends for this fellow, herman cain, who's come out of nowhere. you're chuckling, but let me raise a couple of questions here. i'm going to give you a number of questions, the scenario. this guy keeps going up. he's ahead now in south carolina. he's ahead now in florida. he's ahead of the field against a guy who can't do anything but flatline. mitt romney won't get above 23. he stays right there, like a dead guy, politically. whereas cain keeps going up. my question to you, if cain can even hold second place to romney, who gets ahead of him? who beats him? >> it ends up with herman cain on fox news and a lot of book sales. this guy will not be the nominee, chris. maybe rick perry comes back, you know, it's true that mitt romney's in a weak position, can't get above, but herman cain, once mitt romney,

herman cain is having to take it back and it says a lot about herman cain. he will be a focal point because he has surged in the polls in the last three weeks and in some polls he's come out of nowhere to be number one. herman cain will be in the middle, don, as is mitt romney. they are going to be the ones facing a lot of fire from the flanks, from me michele bachmanns, rick santorum and rick perry has perry needs a good debate performance on tuesday night here at the venetian. >> and herman cain, his 9-9-9 plan coming under scrutiny. he will have to answer questions about that, as well. >> thank you. we will see you later this evening. who will come out on top in the cnn western presidential debate? join us from las vegas on tuesday night 8 p.m. eastern. anderson cooper will be asking the questions. >>> he stood tall among our nation's leaders, even though he wasn't a president. a mem ral is dedicated in washington to his honor and thoughts of those who knew him and followed in his path. we are building a website by ourselves. [ woman announcing ] there's

but herman cain, he's intriguing. he basically spent very little time in new hampshire or iowa for that matter. but he's doing pretty well in both of those states, even better in iowa. and he comes up with these crazy ads, including this one. watch. ♪ we can take this country back america ♪ ♪ i am america one vote ♪ >> that's his chief of staff who had a little puff of a cigarette there. but he's a 13%. you're at 6% in new hampshire. you spent a lot of time there. he has it. why is he doing so well? >> well, oftentimes can you spike for the moment. you're the flavor of the week or the flavor of the month. i remember when governor perry was at 20% in new hampshire. he came in with great fanfare. now he's in the low single digits. we're just trying a steady, gradual substantive rise in new hampshire. based upon real support, based upon 80 events that we have done so far. wolf, we did a telephone town hall meeting yesterday. we had 3,000 people on the line. our town hall meetings are packed these days. i say we've got a

the herman cain factor that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. rasmussen is tied with 29% among likely voters. obviously mr. cain is taking a lot of perry's support. a "wall street journal" poll finds him leading but there is another element to the journal poll when asked about the general election, voters say the president would defeat mitt romney 46-44. that is a dead heat, considering the margin of error. herman cain loses to the president 49-38 herman cain's support is rock solid among conservative republicans they love him. and no nonsense social positions. he's impressive in debates, now has become strong presence within the republican party. but the truth is that president obama would love to run against herman cain because independent voters are far less likely to vote for him than mitt romney. as propertied red if mr. obama doesn't get the majority of the independent votes he loses. conservative principles deserve to be spotlighted because liberal strategies failed. it's obvious to most of us america needs to get back to free marketplace

daily rundown after politico broke this story. >> at least two women in the 1990s complained about herman cain's behavior toward them. >> politico reports that the women worked with cain at the national restaurant association and received five-figure settlements. they have not completely confirmed their report. >> we have received documentation both on the allegations and that the national restaurant association formally resolved the matter. >> i believe that i'm doing so well because i'm connecting with the people. >> after mr. cain taped "face the nation," i interviewed him and asked him repeatedly, in fact, four times all told, have you ever been accused of sexual harassment? he would not answer the question. >> in fact, he answered politico's own question. he continued to quote "thinly veiled allegations." when chuck pressed him about the payouts, chuck passed the buck. >> i am not personally aware of any settlement dealing with mr. cain. >> you understand how that sounds? >> yes, i do. it's very serious. >> no, the fact you can't say it and you're telling us we have to go to the association

threatened by herman cain, and they understand that herman cain is bringing new ideas to the table.hink specifically on the tea party front, people who want to say the tea party are a bunch of race cysts, they say how come the tea party is supporting herman cain? >> well, a rationale was this proves they are racists. >> they, they want to make him into a puppet, a token that's correct he's being manipulated by the white republican establishment. here's the news for them, herman cain is in fact breaking barriers and people should be proud of herm campaign his accomplishments. >> and one year ago you got a big raise and now you should be happy, you are in the top 1% and now you have to pay more taxes 23 obama has his way. >> if i can make as much as you, i'm glad to give. >> good to see you. >> thank you. >> another scandal brewing for the white house in the wake of the solyndra loan. the solyndra loan. michelle is her [ courier ] the amazing story of whether bovine heart tissue can make it from australia to a u.s. lab to a patient in time for surgery may seem like a trumped-up hollyw

the herman cain factor is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. mr. cain is surging in the poll. tied with mitt romney at 29% among likely republican primary voters. rick perry clocks in with just 9%. obviously mr. cain has take and lot of perry's support and a "wall street journal" poll has cain leading romney 27 to 23. there is another element to the poll. when asked about the general election, voters say president obama would defeat mitt romney 46-44. a dead heat considering the margin of error but herman cain loses to the president 49-38 and therein lies th the conund. mr. cain is impressive in the debates and now has become a strong presence within the republican party. but the truth is that president obama would love to run against herman cain because independent voters are far less likely to vote for him than mitt romney. as we reported yesterday if mr. obama does not get the majority of independent votes he loses. herman cain is providing a valuable service to the country. conservative policies need to be recognized. it is obvious to most of us

news nation is minutes away. >> right now on "news nation," all eyes on herman cain, especially afterize for using a combination of offense. it might be. i am not walk away from that. >> cain said he