OMG! Extensive ties to a powerful Koch group boost Cain

[babsbunny]

http://news.yahoo.com/extensive-ties-powerful-koch-group-boost-cain-085542290.html

AP By RYAN J. FOLEY - Associated Press | AP – 38 mins ago

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Herman Cain has cast himself as the outsider, the pizza magnate with real-world experience who will bring fresh ideas to the nation's capital. But Cain's economic ideas, support and organization have close ties to two billionaire brothers who bankroll right-leaning causes through their group Americans for Prosperity.

Cain's campaign manager and a number of aides have worked for Americans for Prosperity, or AFP, the advocacy group founded with support from billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, which lobbies for lower taxes and less government regulation and spending. Cain credits a businessman who served on an AFP advisory board with helping devise his plan to rewrite the nation's tax code. And his years of speaking at AFP events have given the businessman and radio host a network of loyal grassroots fans.

[pinboy3niner]

1. Koch-Cain...

...will have an appeal to some... :)

[malaise]

2. Look Cain is in the race to attack his own race

Clearly some rich group is behind the bogus straw polls and other polls.
It won't help ReTHUGS - they are still racists.

[madrchsod]

3. he is another mr 27% alan keyes...

there`s no way in hell cain would ever be elected by the republicans.


he just the clown of the week

[Cirque du So-What]

5. I don't recall that Alan Keyes ever had such powerful backers as the Koch brothers

Cain's true popularity is quite limited, but it means he'll be a hanger-on for much longer with Koch's megabucks propping up his Potemkin village of a campaign.

[Glimmer of Hope]

7. I think it is a good that to have Cain hang on for awhile.

And now more people will catch on to what the Koch brother are up to.

[Cirque du So-What]

8. I don't believe the Koch brothers are deluded enough to believe

that Herman Cain stands the proverbial snowball's chance of getting elected - much less receiving the repug nomination. I believe his purpose is to attempt stirring up discontent among African American voters against Barack Obama. Clueless as the Kochs & Cain are, however, all efforts will fall flat on their face.

[SpiralHawk]

4. "The Kochie Boys (R) are the 'Hot Pepper Flakes' on the 999 pizza special." - Hermy (R)

"Tee hee. If you Proles would just STFU, meekly assume the position, and then, um, OPEN WIDE, we (R) will see that you get a Hugh 'serving' of what we Cons like to think of as The GodFather Special. Tee hee."

- Hermy (R)

[DontTreadOnMe]

6. Progressives should be SUPPORTING Cain to win the nomination!

Obama would beat Cain 45-5 statewide - easily. It would be a landslide.

[SpiralHawk]

9. Still, tho, it would be nice if the Repubbies ever mustered a candidate with some solutions

other than signing the US Treasury over to their fatcat Republicon, Inc. cronies...