Herman Cain Turns Heads at First Republican Presidential Debate

HERMAN CAIN, FORMER RADIO TALK SHOW HOST: The immigration issue in America is not one problem. It's four problems. It's securing the border, enforcing the laws that are there, promoting the path to citizenship that we already have. We don't need a new path. We've got to clean up the bureaucracy in the process. And then number four, this is where I believe you empower the states to do what the federal government cannot and is not doing.
So, no, Arizona did not go too far. They were simply trying to protect themselve
SEAN HANNITY, HOST: And that was radio talk show host Herman Cain speaking at tonight's GOP primary debate.
Welcome back to the special post-debate edition of "Hannity." And joining me now is Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.
How are you, sir?
CAIN: Hello, Sean. Thanks. Happy to be here.
HANNITY: I got to tell you, we just did a -- we just did a Frank Luntz focus group. And you may not like the first part. The first part was there was only one person that came in to the debate --
CAIN: Yes. Right.
HANNITY: Supporting you.
CAIN: Right.
HANNITY: And then more than half the crowd afterwards support you.
CAIN: Do you think it was my hairdo?
(LAUGHTER)
CAIN: Well, you got --
HANNITY: Something like that.
(LAUGHTER)
HANNITY: Yes.
CAIN: Maybe it was my haircut. You know, that is very, very exhilarating because what I've found in traveling around for the past several months is that a lot of people who haven't her of me, as soon as they hear me and I spend some time with them talking about my common sense solutions, you know, a lot people --
HANNITY: I think the ones who knew you, when you filled in on my radio show.
CAIN: Absolutely.
HANNITY: Yes.
CAIN: That one person who listened to your radio show.
HANNITY: One person?
(LAUGHTER)
CAIN: No, I got to tell you. I have gotten more comments from people who said that they first heard me on your radio show. Even more than Boortz. Now he doesn't like that.
HANNITY: Don't tell him that. No, no, no. Don't tell him that.
CAIN: But when I substituted for you, really, a lot of people. Even as I travel today in Iowa, New Hampshire. And even here in South Carolina. But I got to tell you, it does make me feel good that a lot of people walked into that room not knowing who I was, but I said enough to cause them to say you know, I need to take a look at this Herman Cain guy.
HANNITY: You know, it was interesting because when they were going through the questions or -- the questions or the challenges that each candidate will face.
CAIN: Yes.
HANNITY: You've never held elective office.
CAIN: Right.
HANNITY: You say that's a benefit.
CAIN: I said I'm proud that I've never held public office. And for people who missed it, I said most of the people in Washington, D.C. have, how is that working out for us? We've got a mess.
And I said to Chris Wallace later, I said, Chris, I said you had a tough time digging up stuff on me. He said yes, because you've never held public office.