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COULD DRAMATICALLY CHANGE THE
RACE FOR THE REPUBLICAN
NOMINATION.
HERMAN CAIN IS NOW THE
FRONTRUNNER, GARNERING 27% OF
THE PRIMARY VOTE.
NOW THAT IS A 22-POINT SURGE IN
OVER A MONTH.
MIT ROMNEY IS SECOND WITH 23%,
RICK PERRY IS A THIRD PLACE
FINISH.
AND IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHERE
HERMAN CAIN'S NEW-FOUND SUPPORT
CAME FROM, NOTICE RICK PERRY
DROPPED 22 POINTS SINCE AUGUST
AND AS CAIN RISES TO THE TOP OF
THE REPUBLICAN FIELD, LIBERALS
ARE CIRCLING THE WAGONS IN AN
ATTEMPT TO KNOCK HIM BACK DOWN
AND THAT INCLUDES CORNELL WEST.
TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.
>> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF WHAT
HERMAN CAIN SAID?
HE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT RACISM
EXISTS, BUT HE SAID, YOU KNOW,
IT DOESN'T MATTER THAT MUCH.
THAT MORE OF IT IS ABOUT
ACTUALLY WORKING HARD AND MAKING
OPPORTUNITIES HAPPEN FOR
YOURSELF.
>> WELL, ONE, BLACK PEOPLE HAVE
BEEN WORKING HARD FOR DECADES.
I THINK HE NEEDS TO GET OFF THE
SYMBOLIC CRACK PIPE AND
KIDS, AND
MY KIDS PLAY SPORTS, AND WE CAN
DISAGREE.
I THINK WE MAY ACTUALLY AGREE ON
THIS.
I'VE KNOWN HERMAN CAIN FOR OVER
A DECADE NOW.
I AM NOT SURPRISED BY HIS RISE,
HIS PERSONALITY, HIS WARMTH,
WHAT YOU SEE, HIS GREGARIOUS
SPIRIT.
IT'S REAL.
>> HERE'S THE THING.
I WAS DOWN IN FLORIDA RIGHT
AFTER THE FLORIDA STRAW POLL AND
THEN I WENT TO IOWA AS MY NEW
JOB HERE AS A FOX NEWS ANALYST,
AND HE SAID YOU DON'T APPRECIATE
HERMAN CAIN PEOPLE *** DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON.
IT'S NOT THAT HE'S THE FLAVOR OF
THE MONTH, TRUMP WAS AT THE TOP
AND BACHMAN WAS AT THE TOP AND
RICK WEARY.
THEY SAY YOU KNOW WHAT?
HE'S A REAL CONSERVATIVE.
HE IS NOT A FLIP-FLOPPER.
WE KNOW HE'S A CONSERVATIVE.
HE HAS A COHERENT ECONOMIC PLAN.
HE HAS THAT 9-9-9 PLAN THAT HAS
GREAT APPEAL TO PEOPLE, AND
SECONDLY, THEY SAY HE'S THE KIND
OF MODERN COMES INTO A ROOM AND
HAS A PRESENCE, A WARMTH THAT
THEY JUST EAT UP.
>> WHY IS THIS A PHENOMENON?
AND I HATE THIS, IF YOU ARE
AFRICAN-AMERICAN, IF YOU ARE A
BLACK CONSERVATIVE IN THIS
COUNTRY, IT'S FREE REIGN.
THE PROVERBIAL CRACK PIPE, BAD
APPLE, OREO, UNCLE TOM.
TOKEN.
>> YOU KNOW, AND YOU THINK ABOUT
IT IN TERMS OF MY BOOK.
YOU THINK ABOUT HOW THE MEDIA
DOESN'T GRANT ANY AUTHORITY TO
ANYBODY WHO IS A BLACK
CONSERVATIVE, A BLACK
REPUBLICAN.
YOU THINK ABOUT DO THEY EVER PUT
ON PEOPLE LIKE CONDY RICE, DO
THEY PUT ON THOMAS, AND ALFONSO
JACKSON?
NO.
>> THOMAS SOLE IS ON TOMORROW
NIGHT, BY THE WAY.
>> AND I'M SAYING THOSE ADVISES
ARE JUDGED IN AUTHENTIC, NOT
REAL.
WHAT YOU ARE THINKING WHEN YOU
WATCH THEM, CORNELL WEST, THEY
ARE SO THREATENED BECAUSE THEY
KNOW HERMAN CAIN HAS REAL APPEAL
AND WILL BRING CONSERVATIVE
ARGUMENTS TO THE BLACK COMMUNITY
THAT HASN'T BEEN THERE IN
GENERATIONS.
EISENHOWER GOT ABOUT 40% OF THE
BLACK VOTE.
NIXON, 32% OF THE THE BLACK
VOTE.
THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, FOR THE
MOST PART NOW, WRITES OFF THE
BLACK VOTE.
THEY DON'T PUT MONEY OR TIME
INTO ORGANIZING.
>> REAGAN DID.
>> HE TRIED BRIEFLY.
BUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IN THE
WHOLE DOES NOT INVEST A GREAT
DEAL OF EFFORTS.
BUT WHEN HERMAN CAIN SAID HE CAN
GET A THIRD OF THE BLACK VOTE, I
DON'T THINK HE'S PLAYING GAMES.
I THINK A SOUTHERN BLACK MAN
WITH HIS CREDENTIALS, AND HIS
ECONOMIC PLANS, THE FACT HE WAS
A SUCCESS IN BUSINESS, YOU KNOW,
THE FACT HE'S A GOSPEL SINGER
AND CHURCH GOING, ABOUT
TWO-THIRDS OF BLACK AMERICANS IN
THIS COUNTRY, ACCORDING TO PUGH,
THEY ARE CONSERVATIVES AND OPEN
TO HERMAN CAIN.
>> YOUR BOOK IS ABOUT THIS, AND
WHY IN THIS DAY AND AGE IS THIS
TYPE OF RHETORIC, IT'S ALMOST
ACCEPTABLE THAT CONSERVATIVE
AFRICAN AMERICANS ARE ATTACKED
IN THE MOST VIAL, VICIOUS, HATE
FULL WAY, AND IT HAPPENS WITH
REGULARITY, JUAN.
AND I FIND IT DESPICABLE.
AND YOU DO, TOO.
>> LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING.
ON A PERSONAL LEVEL PEOPLE
ATTACK ME AS A BLACK
CONSERVATIVE.
COMPARED TO YOU, IT'S CRAZY
NECESSARY."
BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND THE
MINUTE YOU VARY FROM THEIR BOX
YOU ARE OUTSIDE THE BOX AND YOU
ARE TO BE VIEWED AS A THREAT
BECAUSE YOU ARE CHALLENGING
THEIR WAY OF THINKING.
AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT IS GOING
ON WITH HERMAN CAIN FOR A LOT OF
THIS KIND OF BLACK POLITICAL
ESTABLISHMENT.
>> WHO CAME TO YOUR DEFENSE
MORE?
BECAUSE YOU ARE A LIBERAL.
YOU VOTED FOR BARACK OBAMA.
YOU CRIED THE NIGHT THAT HE WON
THAT ELECTION.
>> WELL, I DON'T THINK THERE WAS
ANY AMERICAN THAT DIDN'T HAVE
PRIDE IN WHAT HAPPENED, THE
FIRST AFRICAN-AMERICAN PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES.
>> THAT WAS A GOOD THING.
>> BUT WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT IT,
AND PEOPLE SAY ARE YOU A LIBERAL
OR CONSERVATIVE, I SAY IF YOU
ASK ME ABOUT SOMETHING ABOUT GUY
RIGHTS OR GUN CONTROL, I'M ON
THE LEFT BUT YOU ASK ME ABOUT
FAMILY VALUES, ABOUT RELIGION
FAITH, ABOUT EDUCATION, THE
IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, I AM A
CONSERVATIVE ON THOSE ISSUES.
IT'S HARD TO PUT ME IN A BOX.
BUT PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW EXACTLY
WHERE YOU ARE IN THE BOX EVERY
TIME.
BUT I'M SAYING TO YOU HERE
TONIGHT THAT I THINK WHEN IT
COMES TO HERMAN CAIN, A LOT OF
THESE FOLKS ARE THREATENED BY
HERMAN CAIN, AND THEY UNDERSTAND
THAT HERMAN CAIN IS BRINGING NEW
IDEAS TO THE TABLE.
I THINK 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