For Cain, some troubles as trade group chief

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The board members of the National Restaurant Association knew they wanted Herman Cain to run their organization in 1996. He was a hero in the restaurant world, so they offered him perks, including a luxury D.C. apartment and weekly first-class tickets from Washington to Omaha, where his wife was living.

Once settled into the powerful trade association’s 17th Street NW offices, however, Cain developed a different reputation. Colleagues recall that he spent the organization’s money liberally, commissioning new information technology and phone systems and spending nearly double what had been budgeted to renovate an auditorium.

“He did not have the temperament to be an association executive,” said William Fisher, Cain’s predecessor at the organization. “He did not like to have to go to a board of directors to get authorization to do certain things. He did not like criticism from the state associations.”

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Before he was courted by the restaurant association, Cain had developed a reputation as a passionate pro-business advocate. As chief executive of Godfather’s Pizza and president of the restaurant association’s board of directors, Cain drew national attention when he challenged President Bill Clinton during a televised town hall meeting on Clinton’s health-care plan. He stepped forward and questioned the president’s calculations about how much it would cost businesses to provide health insurance to their employees.

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During his tenure, the association was a tough opponent of minimum-wage increases and mandatory health-care benefits. He lobbied against anti-smoking regulations and took on a coalition of traffic-safety groups advocating a lowering of the blood-alcohol limit used to define drunken driving.

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Besides the sexual harassment allegations, how can Cain campaign on limited spending when he as a corporate executive was a big spender? Plus, once more people realize that Cain is a corporate drone and even soft on drunk driving, there will be a bigger revolt.