Cain blames Obama for supercommittee failure in fundraising e-mail
Herman Cain is latching onto the failure of the congressional "super committee" in an attempt to jump-start his flagging campaign. Cain sent a fundraising e-mail to supporters on Tuesday titled, "Super Committees Don't Solve Problems. Leaders Do."
In the e-mail, Cain faults President Obama for having "forced Congress to establish the super committee and then said 'NO' to any serious plan to cut spending." (In fact, the super committee was part of a bipartisan deal reached over the summer. The deal, signed to law by Obama, also stipulated that the committee's failure would trigger $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts over 10 years.)
Cain continues, "when I am elected, you won't see me delegating any decisions to a super committee and then heading out to play golf." Cain often cites Obama's golf outings on the trail, where the comments regularly receive applause.
"Your contribution will go directly to pay for the grassroots programs and advertising that I need in order to win Iowa and beyond," Cain continues in the e-mail. "Consider your donation an investment in America's future - a future without economic recession, a future without ridiculous super committees, and a future with a new occupant in the White House."
