Natalie Gonnella
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In an interview post today on NRO's The Corner, 2012 contender and former Godfather's Pizza CEO, Herman Cain offered his views on his presidential chances, how he feels about the Ryan budget proposal and the media's coverage of his candidacy thus far.
With Cain currently boasting the highest Positive Intensity Score among the prospective GOP field, and having topped the latest ConservativeHome/Daily Caller 2012 survey, here's a look at what the newly announced presidential candidate had to say:
On Paul Ryan's budget plan:
I absolutely support Paul Ryan’s plan...It is exactly the kind of bold restructuring that we need in order to get our hands around the entitlements issue. We need to restructure programs, not just reshuffle, which is what we did for decades, and now look where we are...Liberals are trying to make it seem like we are going to throw old people off of the bridge...That is a lie. That is all they can say, because they don’t want to fix the status quo.
On the major networks lack of attention to his candidacy:
Occasionally, they ask me to come do an interview; then, right before it happens, they cancel it. There are a couple of theories out there about why this is the case. One is that I am the last person they’d like to see run against Barack Obama.
On winning the GOP nomination:
I can’t say who else might get in...But if you look at the announced candidates — Newt Gingrich, Tim Pawlenty, Ron Paul, Gary Johnson, and me — I think my chances of getting the nomination are just as great as their chances, and probably better than some of them.
On the early states:
I do not believe that the South, nor Georgia, is necessarily Newt Gingrich’s territory, simply because of the experience that he has there...We are going to do well in all of these early states. People are connecting with my message, with my commonsense solutions and my passion.
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