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Is the Cain harassment scandal distracting the public from the GOP presidential primary race? RNC chair Priebus weighs in
The Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal has dominated the headlines and the airwaves recently – thereby pushing the Republican primary race of our nation's collective radar screen. This could potentially pose some real challenges for the GOP as the party seeks to find one candidate that everyone can rally around to defeat President Obama.
Carol Costello speaks with Reince Priebus, chairman of the Republican National Committee, to discus how his party can move past the Cain distraction.
Cain refuses to discuss sexual harassment allegations – will it hurt his campaign?
2012 presidential candidate Herman Cain says he won't answer any more questions about the sexual allegations he's facing. But even if he won't discuss it, his rivals and the media certainly seem happy to.
Ali Velshi sits down with CNN contributor Hilary Rosen and Republican strategist Ed Rollins to talk about the Cain's struggle to stay on message – and the adverse affect it could have on his campaign.
How will sexual harasment allegations affect Cain's 2012 aspirations?
A shocking new report by Politico suggests Herman Cain was accused by two women of sexual assault back in the 1990s. The Cain campaign claims that the report is "unsubstantiated." But the bad press threatens to affect the former Godfather's Pizza mogul's front-runner status.
Carol Costello sits down with CNN contributer John Avlon to asses the damage to Cain's nomination chances – and where he thinks his campaign is headed from here.
Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy explains his jobs proposal
Unable to get his jobs plan passed in Congress, President Obama has taken to the road this week to push alternative plans to help the economy and the American people.
Meanwhile, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy plans to bring an alternate jobs bill to the Financial Services Committee today that he says would make it easier for small businesses to expand.
Representative McCarthy joins Ali Velshi on American Morning today to explain the logistics of his plan and to weigh in on other GOP alternatives being advocated by Republican presidential hopefuls.
Why Perry's 'flat-tax' falls flat among Republicans
Hoping to regain traction that he's lost on the campaign trail, Rick Perry unveiled his "flat-tax" plan yesterday, which proposes giving Americans a choice between their current income tax rate or a 20% flat tax rate.
The plan deals with some of the concerns of the flat tax plan initially proposed by Steve Forbes fifteen years ago, while simultaneously keeping some of the popular deductions that Republicans opposed eliminating in 1996.
Perry's plan preserves mortgage interest and charitable state and local deductions for families earning less than 500 thousand dollars a year. It also eliminates the inheritance tax, and lowers the corporate tax from 35 to 20 percent.
Today on American Morning, Ron Brownstein, CNN senior political analyst, joins Christine Romans to discuss the likelihood that Perry's plan will gain traction among the GOP and to weigh in on how other Republican candidates feel about the flat tax.
Chair of the Nevada Republican Party weighs in on the GOP debate
In thirteen months, last night's debate could be seen as a turning point in the race for the GOP nomination. Was Rick Perry wise to go on the attack against Mitt Romney? Did the former Massachusetts governor cement his front runner status by showing some emotion, and was Herman Cain able to remain competitive by dodging verbal bullets at this debate?
Today on American Morning, Carol Costello sits down with Amy Tarkanian, chair of the Nevada Republican Party, to get her take on which candidates stood out at last night's debate.
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