# Cain's campaign manager kinda seedy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-campaign-manager-kinda-seedy/601056>\
**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [October 28, 2011, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-campaign-manager-kinda-seedy/601056 "2011-10-28T09:06:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-campaign-manager-kinda-seedy/601056/1 "2011-10-28T09:06:49Z")

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Sounds like he and Atwater would have gotten along just fine.

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> Block has been accused of voter suppression and was banned from running Wisconsin political campaigns for three years to settle accusations he coordinated a judge’s re-election campaign with a special interest group.
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> Records show Block has faced foreclosure on his home, a tax warrant by the Internal Revenue Service and a lawsuit for an unpaid bill. He also acknowledges he was arrested twice for drunken driving.
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> On the presidential trail, some former Cain staffers say Block broke promises. Traditional GOP strategists have been scratching their heads at his renegade tactics to win the White House, all but ignoring some early states in favor of a book tour and swings through states without early primaries.
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> Those who know Block say he’s long been a maverick who isn’t afraid to reset boundaries.

]([http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US\_CAIN\_CAMPAIGN\_MANAGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-03-28-50](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAIN_CAMPAIGN_MANAGER?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2011-10-28-03-28-50))

Will any of this matter to the voting public? Or will the promise of cheap pizza ( :rolleyes: ) win their votes?

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**Author:** ![Da\_Mikster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bb73d2/32.png) [@Da\_Mikster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Da_Mikster)\
**Post date:** [October 28, 2011, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-campaign-manager-kinda-seedy/601056/2 "2011-10-28T09:29:49Z")

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Ya gotta give Cain credit. He’s applied his “business sense” to his campaign. He hired the lowest bidder as campaign manager and to make his ads, and as a result got exactly what he paid for. :smack:

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**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-campaign-manager-kinda-seedy/601056/3 "2011-10-31T15:37:00Z")

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The idea of an endorsement by your own campaign manager is laughable, or would be if Cain weren’t a total joke to begin with. You can’t make up shit like this.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2011, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cains-campaign-manager-kinda-seedy/601056/4 "2011-10-31T16:06:57Z")

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I moved five posts about the sexual harrassment allegations into [this thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=629744).