Washington, the Hermanator is back.

Awwww shucky ducky.

Remember him?

Herman Cain steps up to microphones at the Willard hotel on Monday after a two-day meeting of a dozen black conservatives that he pulled together. Mr. 9-9-9 has come out of the meetings with a catchy name for his group. They are the ABCs — American Black Conservatives.

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Former presidential candidate and Godfather's Pizza CEO Herman Cain has joined Fox News.

In a statement, Cain called the move "an opportunity to be one more voice for intelligent thinking in America."

Before the 2012 Republican presidential primary, Cain was a little-known businessman whose only past political experience was a non-competitive run for Senate in Georgia in 2004. With his catch 9-9-9 plan he soared to the top of early polls, only to collapse before the Iowa caucuses amid allegations of sexual harassment and marital infidelity.

If there’s one thing we in the political media have been certain about in this election, it’s that debates matter.

After all, without the Republican primary debates, we would never have had the boomlets of Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich — badly underfinanced candidates who rose to prominence based on their star turns in the debates.

Former presidential candidate Herman Cain, making his way through the convention hall, took a break from eating an oatmeal cookie to hug Republican pollster Frank Luntz and shout, “My brother from another mother.”

To those who think Herman Cain is just about 9-9-9, think again.

“I can talk about 27,” the businessman and former GOP presidential contender told social conservatives at the annual Faith and Freedom Coalition summit Friday night.

Obama campaign details 2012 electoral map; Supreme Court says Secret Service shielded from lawsuit; Democrats attack Romney’s transition leader; and Herman Cain gets a radio show.

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Herman Cain may have come up short in his quest for the White House, but he’s already got his Inauguration Day plans figured out.

The former Godfather’s Pizza CEO and GOP presidential contender – who dropped his bid in December amid allegations of sexual harassment and a 13-year affair – will make his return to the world of radio at 9 a.m. on Jan. 21, 2013.

The most striking thing about the current Republican vice presidential field is its striking superiority to the Republican presidential field of six months ago. Former Florida governor Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and Sen. Rob Portman are among the more accomplished, knowledgeable, ideologically balanced political figures in American politics. The same could not be said of Rick Perry, Herman Cain or Michele Bachmann.