NEW YORK - September 29, 2011 - Long-shot Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is not such a long shot anymore. His short declarative sentences, resonant voice, and plain-spokenness is a style that's apparently striking a chord among GOP faithful.

According to the latest Fox News Poll, which is widely known to be biased and unbalanced,  Cain has tripled his support - to 17% - up 6% from before this month’s debates; Texas Gov. Rick Perry now stands at 19%, a drop of 10% from a month ago; former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney holds the top spot at 23%; and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is coming to life after several strong debate performances, now standing at 11%.

Meanwhile, Dr. Ron Paul has probably displayed the greatest showing of all, because despite Fox News and other mainstream media efforts to minimize him as a legitimate candidate, , The Patriot Congressman continues to bring in huge crowds wherever he appears, while garnering increasing support, especially among the youth. Additionally, Dr. Paul has won more significant straw polls than any other candidate to date.

Cain's strength comes as his latest book - This is Herman Cain - is poised for release on October 4th. The book details his growing up in the segregated South, his rise through corporate Amerika, his battle with cancer, and his admiration for his father Luther, who Cain says, "had a PhD in common sense".

One passage reads, "One of the most important lessons Dad taught us was not to feel like victims. He never felt like a victim; he never expressed one ‘victim’ attitude the whole while I knew him. It was his inner self-determination. He just never had that attitude so we didn't have that attitude."

Cain continues to raise eyebrows with his blunt, often politically incorrect opinions. Yesterday, in an interview on CNN, when asked why so many blacks turn away from the Republican Party, Cain responded, "Many African-Americans have been brainwashed into not being open-minded, not even considering a conservative point of view. I have received some of that same vitriol simply because I am running for the Republican nomination as a conservative."