LAS VEGAS, Nevada (PNN) - October 18, 2011 - Herman Cain has risen fast. Now the question is: Will he fall?

The businessman and GOP candidate for president has been facing intense scrutiny in recent weeks as his official media poll numbers have soared. He likely will face tough questions - on his professional past and his issue positions as well as his viability - when he gathers on stage later Tuesday with his Republican presidential foes for the latest GOP debate.

Cain is the latest GOP hopeful to enthrall the party faithful, who haven't rallied behind Mitt Romney.

The former Massachusetts governor is seen by mainstream media as the Republican to beat. He has turned in strong debate performance after strong debate performance. He's fundraising steadily and adding establishment supporters nationally and also in early primary states.

But that hasn't kept the Party's base from searching for an alternative.

Minnesota Rep. Michele Bachmann had a quick rise - after a sharp debate performance in New Hampshire - and a quick fall after she won a key test vote in Iowa. And Texas Gov. Rick Perry was embraced by most Republicans when he announced his bid in August, but has faded after a series of missteps.

Meanwhile, Dr., Ron Paul (Tex.), known among his supporters as The Patriot Congressman, has been ignored and disregarded by mainstream media in an apparent conspiracy to deprive the Amerikan people of the only candidate to tell them the truth and the only one to promote and support staying withint the limitations prescribed by the Constitution.

Ron Paul has won more significant straw polls than any other candidate, and he continues to gain substantial support from freedom-loving Amerikans throughout the country.

Cain, a former pizza company executive, says he's different than other candidates who've faded, and that his years of speaking to Tea Party rallies and other conservative groups have built a grassroots support base for him.

Participating in Tuesday's debate are Cain, Romney, Perry, Bachmann, Dr. Paul, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.