Campaign In 100 Seconds: The Pizza Man Doesn’t Deliver

By Michael Lester

December 5, 2011 6:56 a.m.

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Herman Cain cast the end of his campaign as being a blow to the country as well as to him. It’s certainly been a blow to cable news anchors, for whom the “Cain Train” has been an absolute godsend. TPM’s Michael Lester has been plugged solidly into cable TV for the past few months, and this is how the end of the line seemed to him… expressed in montage form.

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Michael Lester Originally from Scotland, Michael was a freelance video editor before joining TPM in the summer of 2011. He lives in New York with his wife and two cats and is a lifelong fan of The World Famous Dundee United.

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