Bill Maher may be anti-religion, but he's got faith in one thing: Herman Cain won't be the the 2012 Republican Presidential nominee.
Maher bet CNBC correspondent Michele Caruso-Cabrera $1 million that Cain won't earn the GOP nomination, and shook hands on the wager during Friday night's taping of his HBO political comedy show Real Time with Bill Maher.
Caruso-Cabrera was arguing that Cain's "incredible likeability factor" could carry him all the way when, Maher snarked back that he'd put a million dollars down against her one dollar that Cain won't win the nomination because Republicans can't deal with a non-white candidate.
"I would bet you a million dollars against one dollar," said Maher brazenly. "I do [have a million dollars]. I am the 1%. I will put up a million dollars against one that he will not be the Republian nominee. I will give you a million dollars. If you think the Republians are going to have an eletion with the blacks against each other? That they don't have a choice to vote for a white man in the general election? Please. That will never happen."
Herman Cain has seen a recent surge in popularity and was reportedly tied with Mitt Romney after this week's Bloomberg TV debate. The Godfather's Pizza tycoon and vocal enneaphile also won the recent Florida straw poll.
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