Herman Cain, whose campaign for the Republican presidential nomination included bizarre references to both SimCity and Pokémon, is officially out of the race. He was still on the ballot for Saturday's primary in South Carolina, though, and made a joint appearance with TV satirist Stephen Colbert in an effort to gin… » 1/22/12 4:00pm 1/22/12 4:00pm

Herman Cain delivered one of American politics' most bizarre WTF moments when he quoted the Pokemon movie during the press conference where he suspended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Host Jon Stewart and the writers at The Daily Show take that moment and make it more WTF-er by offering up a few… » 12/06/11 3:40pm 12/06/11 3:40pm

According to the latest polls, businessman Herman Cain's currently the Republican most likely to get the GOP presidential nomination. (And, yes, it's early.) One of the reasons that Cain's appeared attractive to the electorate has been his easy-to-understand 9-9-9 proposal to overhaul taxes. Game-savvy political… » 10/28/11 1:40pm 10/28/11 1:40pm

While comparing Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's "9-9-9" tax play to the default settings for a SimCity game was an amusing diversion, no one actually believes Mr. Cain borrowed his ideas from a video game. No one except the video game's creators, that is. » 10/17/11 6:20pm 10/17/11 6:20pm

Did Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain get his "999" tax plan from SimCity 4? Well, probably not, but if he did look to a 2003 urban planning simulation game, don't go blaming developer Maxis if that economic policy fails. » 10/14/11 11:20pm 10/14/11 11:20pm

Herman Cain, the pizza baron who has risen to the top of the Republican Party's half-hour comedy hour of a preliminary presidential campaign, is getting a lot of truck from pundits for his catchy sounding "9-9-9" tax plan. It's basically a flat 9 percent levy on corporate income, personal income, and sales. That… » 10/13/11 6:00pm 10/13/11 6:00pm