GOP Presidential Hopeful Visits Oaks Rally [VIDEO]

The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks was the scene Saturday for a visit from Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain, the former restaurant chain CEO and Georgia radio host. Cain was the keynote speaker at "American Renewal," an event sponsored by a number of local Tea Party-affiliated groups. Between 300 and 400 people were in attendance.

Cain used much of his time on the stage to stress his credentials as a businessman and "problem solver."

"All of the other potential Republican nominees are career politicians," Cain said. "The American people are screaming, 'Fix something!'"

The centerpiece of Cain's platform is his "9-9-9 plan," which would replace the entire existing tax structure with nine percent taxes on corporate and personal income. It would also entail the creation of a new, national sales tax of nine percent.

"That's resonating with the American people because it's simple to understand," Cain said.

He is critical of President Obama's proposed infrastructure and tax relief package, which has an estimated price tag of more than $450 billion and is intended to stimulate the economy, particularly with regard to unemployment.

"His $450 billion proposal isn't going to do anymore than the $1 trillion price tag on the first stimulus," Cain said. "These are the same types of ideas that the President and the Democrats presented before. It didn't work."

"The only thing new in there was cutting the payroll tax in half for employers and employees. That is a good step, [but] that's peanuts," Cain said.

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A colon cancer survivor, Cain said he believed his recovery from the disease was God's way of telling him that he had more work to do. Having previously been defeated in a run for the U.S. Senate, Cain said he thought he was finished with politics but reconsidered after the election of President Obama in 2008.

As a figure who has struggled to gain his share of national recognition next to better known candidates like Mitt Romney and Rick Perry, Cain said he knows his run for the presidency is "against the odds."

"No matter how many years you're on this planet, it is but a speck of time on that timeline called eternity," Cain said, recalling the words of his former professor at Morehouse College.

"In your speck, you must do what you can do to make your community better," Cain said.

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