and bill harper. i want you to listen closely. i have to say, i owe a debt of gratitude to all of you, to carol silver, to bernard laugh yet, and of course, you recognize john lewis and bill harper. thank you for the sacrifices you made and what you did. but i have to ask you this, did you ever think you would be sitting here together? look at each other, 50 years, what do you think when you look at each other s faces? unreal, unbelievable that some of us are still here. still working. to change america. at that time, we were young. and we were frightened. you still look young. but we were we had a purpose. and that you can never recapture that unless you had some threat against you. so we are basking in this in your attention and the attention of all these young people, and
event, and peter handy who is on the trail with mitt romney. shannon, cain may not have the name recognition others have. give us the lowdown on him. some of the things you mentioned, he has solid business experience, a financial background. he was the former ceo of godfather s pizza. he had other experience in other profile executive experience in restaurants. he s going to run on that, don. he s going to run on the fact he has solid business credentials, and he s got immense tea party support. he hopes that will help differentiate him from the more well known names like mitt romney and newt gingrich. part of the announcement was to drum up support, but part was also like a reintroduction. i m herman cain, the business guy, and if you re worried about where the economy is going, i m the one you have to support. this is romney s first trip. tell us what he s doing and why the state is so important. this is the state, mitt romney is the front runner for the republican no