Cain ran for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination but dropped out in late 2011 after allegations of sexual harassment when he led the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s. An Atlanta woman said she had had an extramarital affair with Cain for more than 13 years.
He called the allegations false but said he had “made mistakes in my life.” Although his candidacy was considered a long shot, he had led in some national polls.
He built the campaign around his personality -- even trademarking the phrase “The Hermanator Experience” -- and policy proposals like his “9-9-9” tax plan. That would have replaced the U.S. tax system with flat 9 percent business and income taxes and a 9 percent national sales tax.
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Kudlow said last week that the Fed board has “a couple open seats,” suggesting Trump won’t renominate economist Marvin Goodfriend. Trump’s other previous nominee, former Fed economist Nellie Liang, removed herself from consideration earlier this month.
Goodfriend didn’t appear on a list of dozens of renominations the White House submitted to the Senate earlier this month.
Cain’s syndicated radio show on Cox Media ended last year. In addition to Godfather’s, he was a top executive at the Coca-Cola Co. and Pillsbury Co.
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