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Republican contender Henry Cain, according to All Business, is giving Godfather’s Pizza, his former company, free publicity.  With the negative reviews from customers received by Godfather’s Pizza for its product, pundits say that the company’s pizza needs a lot of improvement to boost the chances of Cain’s candidacy.  Do you think Cain’s candidacy will be affected by Godfather’s Pizza’s not-so-good product?

As it is, Godfather’s Pizza get negative reviews from consumers.  Pundits say that the company’s pizza needs a lot of improvement to boost the chances of Cain’s candidacy.  Do you think Cain’s candidacy will be affected by Godfather’s Pizza’s not so good product?

Could crappy pizza ultimately sink The Republican contender’s surging candidacy?

Is Herman Cain doing more for Godfather’s Pizza than he ever did when he was CEO? His former company, which he ran from 1986 to 1995, is being showered with free publicity thanks to his new role as a Republican presidential hopeful.

But is all press good press for Godfather’s? GOP consultant Patrick Hynes thinks so. “I definitely think it helps the brand. It associates their product with a very hot ticket candidate in the news cycle,” he says in this article published in all Business.

Others aren’t so sure. Forget about hot tickets. Cain had better hope that Godfather’s is more concerned with hot pizzas. After all, a bad customer service experience at Godfather’s could sour some voters on the Cain candidacy, say observers.

The pizza chain itself insists it is remaining neutral on the race. “Godfather’s Pizza takes no position on political candidates, but we do make great pizza,” it said in a prepared statement.

But does it really make great pizza? Political news site Politico recently ran a blind taste test to find out. It lined up Godfather’s against four other brands — Papa John’s, Pizza Hut, zpizza, and Ledo Pizza. Sadly for Cain, every participant in the taste test, which included both Democrats and Republicans, rated Godfather’s dead last.

“It’s the most unappetizing. The cheese is really sour! The crust is like a sponge,” said one judge after a single bite. “That is so bad,” noted another judge. “Was it always this crappy?” asked a third.

Sounds like both Cain and his former company have a lot more work to do.

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