Herman Cain campaign is smokin' - with new cash (Rakes in $3M for the month of October)

Christian Science Monitor ^ | 10/28/2011 | By Linda Feldmann, Staff writer

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The Herman Cain campaign has raked in at least $3 million in October, says chief of staff Mark Block. That bests Cain's fundraising tally for the entire third quarter of 2011.

Herman Cain may be an unconventional presidential candidate, but he’s proving a time-honored convention in politics: buzz brings cash.

Since the start of October, donors have given more than $3 million to the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, according to his chief of staff, Mark Block, speaking on CNN Thursday night. That’s more than the $2.8 million Mr. Cain brought in for the entire third quarter of 2011. Cain has also more than doubled his donor base since Oct. 1, from 30,000 people to more than 65,000, Mr. Block says.

“So we’ve actually doubled in a little over a month,” Block says. “That’s what we’re seeing in our grass-roots activism growth and obviously in the YouTube thing."

Ah, the YouTube thing. After Cain himself, Block has become the face of the Cain campaign after appearing in a now-viral Web ad that features him – and his now-famous drag on a cigarette. Block says the ad has been seen by more than 3 million people, but a check of Cain’s YouTube page shows pageviews at just over 1 million. Maybe his sources are including all the free air time the ad has gotten on cable, such as on Stephen Colbert's show, where the sendup is even more entertaining than the ad itself.

Block also insists that Cain is “serious about the early states” – though, at the time of the interview, Cain was in Arkansas, which isn’t an early primary state the last time we checked.

“We have operations in Iowa and New Hampshire and South Carolina and Florida, and other states,” Block said.

[ASA Vet]

Herman Cain

born December 13, 1945 in Memphis, TN (Meets the Jus Soli Requirement)

Parents were
Luther Cain Jr., born March 16, 1925 in TN, died March 29, 1982 in Atlanta, GA
Lenora Davis, born July 27, 1925 in GA, died August 20, 2005 in Atlanta, GA

Both parents were US Citizens at the time of his birth (Meets the Jus Sanguinis Requirement)

Herman Cain is a NATURAL BORN CITIZEN

Barry Soetoro aka Barack Hussein Obama ISN'T!

Click on the cane.

[mgist]

I donated. It felt so right. :)

[Grunthor]

Geez, when is this Cain character going to understand that he is just a stalking horse for Mitt?

[a real Sheila]

note to self-
go online and donate to Cain.
Must defeat the RINO that is Romney.

[AdamBomb]

Note to self and everyone else:

must donate even more to Cain.
Cuz if we don’t, country clubbers, the media, DC insiders, fat cats on wall st., Karl Rove, , will ensure we end up with Mittens.

Other note to self:
don’t start smoking just because you really liked the smoking ad.

[TheOldLady]

Click the Pic               Thank you, JoeProBono

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[philled]

Just went to his 999meansjobs site and donated $99 dollars. That was all the 9s I can afford right now. Also, don’t most people know someone who resembles Block? I thought the smoking ad was good—but then again I am in the less-telegenic majority...