Have you ever heard of Herman Cain? Neither have most Americans. The latest Gallup polling shows that only 21 per cent of Republicans even recognise his name, despite the fact that he would like to be their candidate for the Presidency. Yet that could all be about to change for the man who used to run Godfather’s Pizza, thanks to an acclaimed performance in the first debate of the primary season on Thursday night.
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Big names like Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump have yet to declare their candidacy, and so did not take part, while Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich (who have announced their bids) decided to skip it. There were, therefore, just five candidates on the stage in South Carolina: former Minnesota Governer Tim Pawlenty, former Senator Rick Santorum, Congressman and 2008 candidate Ron Paul, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson and the same Mr Herman Cain.
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