LOS ANGELES (LALATE) – Insiders contend Herman Cain, the former CEO of Godfather’s Pizza, won Thursday night’s 2012 Republican presidential debate. Herman Cain before last night’s debate was not a household name, even though his pizzas have fed countless U.S. families. But while last night’s debate was devoid of its Republican headliners, most agree that of the five participants Herman Cain was the clear winner with a convincing message.

Last night’s first Republican debate took to Greenville, SC. But when the telecast debate began, Republican voters didn’t see the familiar faces, possible candidates like Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Newt Gingrich and Donald Trump.

Instead, they saw five men with comparable visions – Herman Cain, former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Texas Rep. Ron Paul, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum.

Santorum said of President Obama “If you look at what President Obama has done right in foreign policy, it has always been a continuation of the Bush policies.”

Santorum wasn’t the only candidate going after the President’s foreign policy.  He told news that “The issues that have come up while he’s been president, he’s gotten them wrong strategically every single time,” Pawlenty remarked.

Cain told news much the same. Cain asserted that America deserves a clear road map about Afghanistan. “It’s not clear what the road map to victory is [in Afghanistan]” Cain remarked. “This is why I would revisit the issue in defining those three critical questions answering those questions before I as president made a decision.”