Herman Cain

Yes, we talked politics at Thanksgiving . . . and everyone survived

We had 48 family members at our Thanksgiving dinner gathering! Plenty to be thankful for! Plenty of food! Plenty of fellowship! And plenty of laughter! There were no discussion ground rules, and only three of us ventured into the realm of politics - an apparent Democrat voter, an apparent Republican voter, and of course the apparent radio talk show guy, moi.

About Obama's assertion that the climate change conference will sure show ISIS

As we all know by now, President Obama is not too inclined to show ISIS what's what by making the United States the leader of the military effort against them. Obama's not interested in "American leadership" or "America winning" if you'll remember.

Next debate might be the end for Jeb Bush

Every morning we dedicate 15 minutes of the radio show to in-depth analysis of the presidential race, and starting today we're going to make that audio available to you here.

Poor guy! America expects annoyed Obama to actually fight ISIS

All week long we’ve played clips on our radio show, and embedded them on our web site, showing President Obama taking questions from reporters and others about his strategy – or lack thereof – for fighting ISIS.

Pray for Paris and the world

Early in 2002, just a few months after the 9/11 attacks, I heard Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver a message to the USA in a speech at a conference in Miami, Florida. He said that America needed to realize two things about terrorism and terrorists.

Amazing: Mainstream journalist plays it straight in story about me, does good job

I am not a difficult person to please. If you're going to write about me or quote me in a story, all I ask is that you get the facts right and report accurately what I said - without editorial comments that presume to explain to the reader what I really meant.

In defense of Ben

Politico pulled the same dishonest crap on me in 2011.

Why Obama's Keystone XL rejection excuses are a complete load of crap

It's bad enough that President Obama dragged his feet for seven years before doing what everyone knew he was going to do. TransCanada, the Canadian government an awful lot of Americans who could have used the economic boost (including the folks in North Dakota and an awful lot of Obama's union supporters) were left to twist in the wind while Obama pretended he was "reviewing" the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

ObamaCare gives Kentucky a Republican businessman governor

According to all the polls leading up to last Tuesday’s gubernatorial election in Kentucky, Republican businessman Matt Bevin wasn’t supposed to have a chance. This was the same Matt Bevin who had launched a lamentably unsuccessful primary campaign last year against Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, and was treated by much of the press in the state (OK, technically the commonwealth) as a loose cannon who couldn’t be taken seriously.

VIDEO: Neil Cavuto and I discuss how outsider candidates can stay atop the polls

Last night on Fox Business Channel, Neil Cavuto wanted to talk about how outsider-type candidates who find themselves atop the polls can stay there. So he invited me on, because I was once an outsider-type candidate who found himself atop the polls. But Herman, you didn't stay there!

Candidates managed to cut through moderator nonsense to give us some substance

Believe it or not, there actually was some substance discussed during the Republican presidential debate on CNBC Wednesday night. No thanks to the moderators, of course, who asked questions that were either designed to start fights or create gotcha moments.

Of course: Justice Department will file no charges against Lois Lerner

I suppose there was no other way this could have ended. The Obama-era Justice Department does not exist to enforce the laws on the books except to the extent that doing so is politically helpful to Democrats, so just as her predecessor Eric Holder would have done, Attorney General Loretta Lynch has declined to bring any charges against Lois Lerner for using her position at the IRS to harass nonprofit conservative groups.

Obama has tainted the FBI's Hillary e-mail investigation

If you haven’t already seen it, President Obama made quite a statement in a recent New York Times interview concerning the Hillary Clinton e-mail server and the possibility that it’s caused issues for national security. Why no, the president assured his mouthpieces at the Times. Of course it wasn’t a problem:

A simple but oh so necessary message to law enforcement: Thank you

As I discussed on my radio show this morning, I had the honor last night of addressing a wonderful group of law enforcement officers. These were Atlanta-area traffic enforcement officers, so it made sense that I was accompanied by Ashley Frasca, who does traffic reporting for WSB in addition to being the associate producer of my show.

Meet a victor over domestic abuse

I had the honor on my radio show today of interviewing Charmagne Helton, who has quite a story to tell about her personal victory over domestic abuse. If you didn't catch it on the radio, here's where you can hear the whole thing in full. We had Charmagne on the show as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, which is happening now. But let's recognize that domestic violence happens all year. And one part of Charmagne's testimony that really struck me was idea that she couldn't be a "battered woman" because she was college-educated and successful in her career.

Three options in 2016: Establishment, socialist or prosperity

I had the honor of giving some remarks this past weekend at Donald Trump's really in Norcross, Georgia. As most of you know there are six candidates to whom I'm favorable in this election cycle: Donald Trump, Ben Carson, Carly Fiorina, Marco Rubio, Mike Huckabee and Ted Cruz. So my appearance there did not constitute an endorsement specifically of Trump.

The media's predictable (and so far laughably inept) attempt to tear down Ben Carson

This has a familiar feel to me, as you might imagine. Ben Carson is a black conservative who is not part of the political establishment, and is running quite strong in his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. That has the media in a snit for all kinds of reasons. They don’t like black conservatives (OK, any conservatives, but especially blacks who dared to venture off the liberal plantation). They don’t like people who aren’t part of the political class daring to operate on their turf.

Don't be a soundbite supporter

As this presidential race continues to unfold, some of us learn more and more about the candidates' ideas for solving problems and their leadership potential. In the process, some people flip-flop their opinions of the candidates based upon the latest take-down soundbites served up by some media sources.

Obama's lousy new normal: Job growth disappoints yet again

One of the biggest wastes of time imaginable is to read news stories about what's expected in upcoming economic reports. Late last week, we were regaled with stories about how economists were expecting news of robust job growth, and how this would be followed by serious consideration on the part of the Federal Reserve Board to finally raise interest rates--which have been kept artificially low for years in the hope of spurring job growth.

Good news, Ben Carson fans, your candidate is a fundraising juggernaut

If you're a supporter of Dr. Ben Carson's presidential bid, you had some good news this week. After a summer when it sometimes looked like his campaign was spending money faster than it could generate donations, the good doctor's fortunes have turned around. Not only did Carson have a stellar quarter, but he's also breaking records and demolishing the pace set by the 2012 GOP field.