South Dakota Sen. John Thune, also weighing a possible presidential run, gave a polished speech that failed at times to ignite the audience, while Herman Cain, the retired corporate manager who had turned around several dying businesses, gave a deep-voiced, preacher-like lecture on the way the U.S. government conducts its business.
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