IT CAN take years, or decades, to establish a good reputation — but only minutes to destroy one. This is doubly true when the latest announced appointee, after tax-cut enthusiast Stephen Moore, is Mr. Cain, the former 2012 GOP presidential primary candidate, whose bid flamed out amid charges of sexual harassment. Mr. Cain’s conservative Republican activism followed a relatively conventional career in corporate America, including stints as chief executive of Godfather’s Pizza and of the restaurant trade association. For example, Mr. Cain in 2012 called for a return to a gold-linked dollar, writing: “Gold is kryptonite to big-spending politicians. Mr. Trump seems determined to mount another attack, which might succeed unless the Republicans who control the Senate put the nation’s interest above his and refuse to go along.

Source: Washington Post April 06, 2019 21:11 UTC