Nov 29, 2011 11:40am

Herman Cain Reassessing Campaign Amid Allegations

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Herman Cain‘s chief of staff Mark Block confirmed to ABC News that the candidate told his senior staff this morning he’s reassessing whether to stay in the race, as reported by the National Review.

An adviser to Cain said the former businessman told staff he will spend the next two days assessing his candidacy, and that he would base his decision on two factors. One, whether or not he still has enough  support to go on, and two, the toll it is taking on his family.

But Cain’s staff presented conflicting images of what the former businessman is planning to do. Cain’s spokesman, JD Gordon, said the “reassessment” is about “campaign strategy,” not about whether to stay in the race.

“We are full speed ahead,” Gordon told ABC News. “People are reading way too much into this.”

“We are looking at what states we visit, what interviews we do, how we allocate resources – things like that,” he added.

Steve Grubbs, director of Cain’s Iowa campaign, said he sees this “reassessment period” as more of a financial reorganization than a possibility of withdrawing from the campaign, and added that the Iowa efforts are moving forward in full force.

“Our marching orders are to keep building our ground game in Iowa and prepare to storm the gates January 3rd,” he said.

For now, Cain will keep his campaign schedule, which includes a speech tonight at Hillsdale College in Michigan and appearances in Ohio tomorrow. He did, however, reportedly cancel a dinner with media elites in New York.

The adviser said Cain will make a decision within a couple days about whether to go on.

One factor in Cain’s decision is money. The former pizza magnate feels an obligation to those who have supported his campaign financially. One Cain supporter estimates he now has $9 million in his campaign war chest.

Cain’s deputy campaign manager, Linda Hansen, told ABC News that on the conference call Tuesday morning, “Mr. Cain told staff simply that, just as every time significant events occur, a reassessment is prudent.”

“A good businessman looks at the entire landscape before making decisions,” Hansen said. “He is, and has been, committed to promoting the issues and solutions that will make this nation stronger. Nothing about that has changed.”

On Monday, a Georgia woman said she had a 13-year long affair with the former chief executive of Godfather’s Pizza. Cain denied the affair, saying that Ginger White was a friend that he was helping financially but he did not have an extramarital affair with her.

“Now with this latest one we have to do an assessment as to whether or not this is going to create too much of a cloud in some peoples’ minds as to whether or not they should support us going forward,” Cain told his staff, according to a transcript obtained by the National Review.

Cain has been dogged by reports of sexual harassment in recent weeks.

Two other women have publicly accused Cain of sexual harassment when he was head of the National Restaurant Association in the late 1990′s.

Jon Huntsman became the first from the Republican field to say Cain should consider dropping out of the race.

“Given the bandwidth that has been taken out of the discussion of any other issues pertinent to this campaign, a reconsideration might be in order,” Huntsman told the Boston Globe today.

ABC News’ Huma Khan, Shushannah Walshe and Michael Falcone contributed to this report.

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It’s time for Herman Cain to end his candidacy. His past behavior has caught up with him. And the manner in which he continues to trash the women who have stepped forward is revolting.

Posted by: Lauren Beck | November 29, 2011, 11:49 am 11:49 am

Big surprise there….

Posted by: WorkingClass | November 29, 2011, 11:50 am 11:50 am

Sorry Herman, you had me ,then you lost me. Just to many women.
If the stories are true, Bill Clinton has nothing on you.
But to be true to my own beliefs,this would make you an easy target
and I cannot have that in my candidate. Good luck in the future and hopefully
your family life is not destroyed by this.

Posted by: deadwrestler | November 29, 2011, 11:50 am 11:50 am

Best news I heard all day. Get this SNAKE off my TV so I can fumigate my house from the stench!

Posted by: Indymind | November 29, 2011, 11:51 am 11:51 am

Definitely time to go. Maybe he didn’t do all of the things he’s accused of doing, but where there’s smoke, there is always fire…and in this case, the smoke is way too thick for most people to see past it to the voting booth.

Posted by: Shannon | November 29, 2011, 11:56 am 11:56 am

I only feel bad that Mr. Cain’s family will have to pay for his egotistical manner and the fact that his wife OUGHT to throw him out but probably won’t. IF he had dropped out last month after allegation #1, perhaps he’d still have his dignity and could return to his family, LIES in tact – but he kept on LYING and THAT is the problem way beyond the womanizing.

Posted by: demNme5 | November 29, 2011, 11:58 am 11:58 am

I expect this will depend upon what’s the best business decision, i.e.: how will staying in vs dropping out effect book sales?

Posted by: norasalias | November 29, 2011, 11:59 am 11:59 am

A black man is not allowed to be conservative. He has to be destroyed. And it will happen everytime.
And we allow it to happen.
What do you want to bet that every one of these women that have “come forward” will be in much better financial condition in the future.

Posted by: ofcourse | November 29, 2011, 11:59 am 11:59 am

Perry campaign has to be jubilant!
Sterling Greenwood/Aspen

Posted by: AspenFreePress | November 29, 2011, 12:00 pm 12:00 pm

By By time to get off the Cail Train. Thank you for playing but you can stick a fork in his running. Cain should go back selling Pizza, the 9-9-9 deal for two large pies and bread sticks. Cain loves the Pie!!. It is a shame he is clueless about government.

Posted by: Thomas | November 29, 2011, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm

Reevaluating his campaign as a “businessperson” … in other words, not worth spending the money just to loose the primary – not that any of these indiscretions or “guilt” are any factor.

Posted by: yeah.i.said.it | November 29, 2011, 12:08 pm 12:08 pm

Let’s not make this a black think of course, this is a man gone rogue thinking he can do, as most men do, what ever, whenever and his attempts to lie and have forgetful moments about things is hard to digest. Run on Mr. Cain, put you talywag between you legs, where it belongs and go try to salvage your marriage

Posted by: Debi | November 29, 2011, 12:18 pm 12:18 pm

I knew this-4 weeks ago :) . . . Clown

Posted by: cecile | November 29, 2011, 12:23 pm 12:23 pm

Since Cain knew NOTHING when it comes to this nation’s Government and Foreign Affairs, it is apparent that he was the Koch Brothers PUPPET. THEY wanted that 999 plan that would wipe out the middle-class and the poor and make the wealthy MORE Wealthy!! Hey Koch’s, you creeps should hurry up and back a DIFFERENT CLOWN and try to be sure he has SOME knowledge of the USA AND that he doesn’t chase lots of women. Let’s see now, who’s next – hard to say because they ALL SUCK except for Jon Huntsman!!!

Posted by: demNme5 | November 29, 2011, 12:25 pm 12:25 pm

There hasn’t been one credible iota of evidence to support any of these claims. I am not saying they are true or not but the women who have accused him of sexual harassment have all but disappeared, in spite of high power attorneys who wish to keep the story alive because there probably is no there, there. Now a woman comes out and says she has Herman Cain’s phone number, and texts and that is proof of an affair. In the meantime Clinton denied and was given a pass even after having DNA on a dress, and his behavior occurred while he was president and in the WH. All I can say is if the candidates are willing to turn tail over a whisper we are doomed. These are tactics of the left, they should be recognized as such and at the very least the public should demand more proof than a rumor.

Posted by: mbf | November 29, 2011, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

Thanks for playing, Herm, don’t let the screen door hit you in the rear.

Posted by: Buh Bye | November 29, 2011, 12:32 pm 12:32 pm

It is the nature of all most all corporate executives, specifically, CEOs to be dishonest and be so with show of confidence. They just have to be training themselves day-in and day-out to be so for that once in a quarter conference call to the street, aka wall street. The chances are that the guy in the context has been dishonest flat out. Shame on him! Surprisingly, you have got legions of hoodwinked followers rooting for him. They either do not know the corporate culture or they represent every ounce of it themselves.

Posted by: commongood | November 29, 2011, 12:33 pm 12:33 pm

So who were the boneheads who initially gave so much support to this creep.

Posted by: Tom Toth | November 29, 2011, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm

We hope the secret service is investigating this newest threat to the Cain presidency.

Posted by: Lilly | November 29, 2011, 12:35 pm 12:35 pm

Cain like most people that run for any political office should of known that if you have any skeletons in the closet from the past, they always come out once you step on the political stage.Makes Cain wonder if being front runner was worth it. Moving right along the next front runner that will fall is Newt Gingrich.

Posted by: myopinionpal | November 29, 2011, 12:44 pm 12:44 pm

Oh… wow….. what —a–surprise. Not
Now the tea party Republicans will focus their hopes on the hypocrite, Fig Newton. Eventually, they will have to donate their money to flip-flop Mitt.

Posted by: findlayway | November 29, 2011, 12:51 pm 12:51 pm

The big thing with Cain is really that he’s not a serious contender for president of the united states. He never was. If Republicans put up Romney, they may win. If they dont, Obama WILL win. Period. Whether cain runs, or continues, or even gets the nomination, doesn’t matter. He will NEVER become president. Neither will Newt, the guy American rejected a million times before. Whatever Cain does is just irrelevant.

Posted by: GrannyNosBest | November 29, 2011, 1:00 pm 1:00 pm

A black man is not allowed to be conservative. He has to be destroyed.—- this was an implosion. Who runs for office when they KNOW they have AT LEAST two sexual harassment settlements in their past??????? Duh. DId he not have an exploratory period where he asked himself, gee, if I run, what will come out?????????????????????

Posted by: GrannyNosBest | November 29, 2011, 1:02 pm 1:02 pm

I hope he hangs in there — I like Herman Cain and so far, despite all the accusations, there has been no proof presented that these women are telling the truth. None. I find it hard to believe that he would have ever embarked on a campaign to begin with if he had all these scandals to hide – if we are to believe everyone, then Cain had a 13-year affair with a woman, maintained a marriage with his wife and still found time to make passes at various women he worked with. No one would expect that that type of behavior could be covered up during a presidential run.

The sad thing is, when John Edwards was running for president, the media went out of their way to hide actual evidence of his affair – they knew about the affair but would not report on it. It took the Enquirer printing evidence of the affair before the mainstream media finally picked up the story. In this case, probably because Cain is a republican, they are running these stories without any shred of proof. The media’s behavior is the real scandal.

Posted by: missy m | November 29, 2011, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

In the meantime Clinton denied and was given a pass even after having DNA on a dress,—-well, Clinton said he didn’t have sexual intercourse, and…he didn’t, did he????? Maybe you think that’s splitting hairs, but to his wife, it may not have been. Honestly, from a women’s point of view, while some other girl servicing your husband is bad enough, the fact that Lewinsky BEGGED Clinton to actually sleep with her, the old fashion way, he didn’t… matters. He said no. He said no over and over and then broke it off with her, which is when she freaked out and starting calling him, threatening him….. I’m just saying. Clinton had women THROWING themselves at him. Im not seeing that happening to Cain.

Posted by: GrannyNosBest | November 29, 2011, 1:10 pm 1:10 pm

PLEASE STAY, LOAN YOUR CAMPAIN ALL YOUR MONEY, WHEN YOU LOSE JOIN THE CIRCUS AND BE A FULL TIME CLOWN YOUR CALLING.

Posted by: BENNIEC | November 29, 2011, 1:11 pm 1:11 pm

grannynosbest – I would think that Mr. Cain DID expect that the two sexual harassment complaints would be reported, but they are sealed and were settled with him admitting to no wrong doing and the company’s investigation into the matters also didn’t find any evidence of wrong doing on his part. The payouts were not so large and were in-line with what companies tend to pay to simply settle a complaint out of court and make it go way. Most people don’t believe “stories” that aren’t backed up by proof and chances are Mr. Cain may have thought that people would presume him innocent since he was never proven guilty in either of those complaints. But, I know, there are some who insist on seeing guilt, despite a lack of evidence, simply because they don’t like a person’s political affiliations. Until we can get beyond that, we will be treated to more stories like this.

Posted by: somebody's mother | November 29, 2011, 1:18 pm 1:18 pm

so the new pre-requisite for the presidency is how many skeleton’s are in the closet? he hasn’t done anything that most men in this country have done, it’s just on national tv and if you think the other candidates are squeeky clean in that respect, their women are probably being paid more for keeping quiet than cain’s women.

Posted by: twinsmom1892 | November 29, 2011, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

Time to go home. Actually it is past time. Your decision to run for president and to deny your past has caught up to you. Stick to pizza and family if you have any family left.

Posted by: Carrie Paper | November 29, 2011, 1:22 pm 1:22 pm

Clinton had women THROWING themselves at him. Im not seeing that happening to Cain.

Posted by: GrannyNosBest

You don’t see that happening? Really? Are you perhaps a racist? Herman Cain is a powerful, rich businessman, and he’s rather good looking – very distinguished. Do you think only white businessmen and politicians have women throwing themselves at them? Is it really hard to believe that Cain, because he is black, would not have women throwing themselves at him? Even ugly rich businessmen get women throwing themselves at them — why on earth do you think it would be any different for Cain?

Posted by: simple | November 29, 2011, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

Sorry….hit the enter button too soon…..As I was saying there is one less clown to parade himself before the media. Now if only the other clowns would implode (such as Rick Santorum being caught in a gay scandal so that we never have to hear from him again either) it will be happy days indeed.

Posted by: Marlene | November 29, 2011, 1:39 pm 1:39 pm

“The pen is mightier than the sword. The mainstream media brought down Herman Cain without so much as any proof of wrong doing. There was a day when those running for office had only to prove themselves to the voters in an honest light. Now, the mainstream media decides who will run by their coverage, or complete lack of. Innuendo and/or omission are used to smear and lie. You will never see the likes of an honest campaign in this country again, thanks to the mainstream media’s control over what Americans know or don’t know. The pen is mightier than the sword.-Elliott Garfield”___Gee Elliott, Sounds like sour grapes to me. Maybe you can make some whine with those sour grapes!

Posted by: mojo | November 29, 2011, 1:44 pm 1:44 pm

Ron Paul!

Posted by: eric | November 29, 2011, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

In other words he got the call from the GOP to drop out.

Posted by: lexingtonlady | November 29, 2011, 1:45 pm 1:45 pm

Hang in there Brother Cain. Later on when you are President these ladies may surprise you with a Lewinsky. My do we forget fast on past events when we are all dealing with a liberal press.

Posted by: ruben | November 29, 2011, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm

“Go ahead! Let the one who is without sin cast the first stone.” (paraphrase) We seem to forget that every one of us has one kind of skeleton or another in our own closets. How low we have sunk in our morals AND integrity in this nation. “Do unto others as you would have them do to you.” How rude and unkind we are to those who we disagree with, but how we scream, “Unfair” when we are treated with the slightest bit of PERCEIVED indignity! We can find fault in others but deny any inkling of problems in our own selves. America, WAKE UP! We are flushing this nation down the toilet all while we are squabbling like selfish children over things that do not matter one bit. We are throwing away our precious freedoms just to grab a handful of vapor. WAKE UP…before it is too late. The solutions to our problems DO NOT lie in what party wins the election or who yells the loudest at whom or with the nastiest words or accusations. Do you really know what the solution is? You might get yourself off BY YOURSELF and think about it for a while. It doesn’t have anything to do with power, control, money, politics, sex, beauty, or any of those temporal issues. THINK ABOUT IT!

Posted by: Barbara | November 29, 2011, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm

I think we have all forgotten that Herman Cain is a baptist minister

Posted by: big dawg | November 29, 2011, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm

As a black person I wish people would stop making it a BLACK issue. I absolutely love Colin Powell and he’s a conservative. He’s respected because he DESERVES it by his actions and integrity. I don’t care if Herman Cain was purple, there is NO excuse for his behavior and constant lying while pretending to be godly and lying at the same time. If any candidate, black, white asian, hispanic, etc had this behavior, it would come out the SAME way. You can’t use the excuse of color when you put this on yourself. For this many women to come out, he’s worse than any Republican or Democrat on any ticket when it comes to women. If he doesn’t respect women (which is obvious), he will not care about how women are treated in the US. He didn’t believe what he did in the dark would come to the light, but this isn’t the pizza business. In politics, the dig DEEP. How arrogant for him to think it can happen to Sanford, Clinton, Edwards, etc, but not him!

Posted by: Holiday Joy | November 29, 2011, 1:49 pm 1:49 pm

OFCOURSE | November 29, 2011, 11:59 AM:

“A black man is not allowed to be conservative. He has to be destroyed. And it will happen everytime.
And we allow it to happen.”
=====================================
LMAO! …. Oh give me a break. If the man wasn’t guilty, he wouldn’t be considering whether or not to drop out now, would he? Face it bud, the “assessing” that Cain is currently doing boils down to this… “HOW MUCH DOES GINGER WHITE HAVE ON ME? HOW MANY PHONE RECORDS OF OUR PHONE CONVERSATIONS DOES SHE HAVE? DID SHE RECORD ANY OF THOSE LATE NIGHT CONVERSATIONS, and HOW MANY RECEIPTS DID SHE KEEP ON ALL THOSE THINGS I PAID FOR FOR HER?, etc.” ….. It’s funny that every time we see this guy, Cain, lately, he seems to be wiping sweat off of his forehead… LOL! … It is winter and the temperatures have dropped, except anywhere that Cain’s standing… LOL!

Posted by: Republicans = a BUNCH of Forrest Gumps | November 29, 2011, 1:53 pm 1:53 pm

What?

Posted by: 18square | November 29, 2011, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

Anyone who thinks he would have never been picked by the GOP to run doesn’t have a clue. He should get out now while the getting is good. I won’t be surprised to see his wife file for divorce next. He sure kept her in the dark.

Posted by: Retired | November 29, 2011, 1:55 pm 1:55 pm

Cain/Gingrich are deceivers and need to step aside……@ least Obama is not an adulterer or uncompassionate…..he wouldn’t abandon Michelle if she were to get ill…..like Gingrich did. I think that is the worst thing a person could do to someone in their time of tribulation. Some of you believe that he should represent the country. How can you turn a blind eye to this type of behavior, but yet claim to be Christians……..I’m speaking to the conservative party….that pride themselves on family and being a christian…..just sayn

Posted by: Michele | November 29, 2011, 2:06 pm 2:06 pm

For once I’d like to see the lynching of a black man fail! (I am white). What vile people we have become! We expect, look for and foster any negative propaganda. The Lord was right when he likened us to sheep. Easy to lead.
From a black sheep.

Posted by: Ethel Hurst | November 29, 2011, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm

Where is my comment!

Posted by: 18square | November 29, 2011, 2:09 pm 2:09 pm

Bye Bye Her-man

Posted by: Jim Bob sr. | November 29, 2011, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm

“We hope the secret service is investigating this newest threat to the Cain presidency.”

My darling… I’m sure they are watching Gloria quite closely…

Posted by: MyTakeOnThis61 | November 29, 2011, 2:18 pm 2:18 pm

For once I’d like to see the lynching of a black man fail! (I am white). What vile people we have become! We expect, look for and foster any negative propaganda. The Lord was right when he likened us to sheep. Easy to lead.
From a black sheep.
Posted by: Ethel Hurst | November 29, 2011, 2:07 pm 2:07 pm…This has nothing to do with Cain being black or conservative and he’s not being ‘lynched’ anymore than Clinton or Edwards were. Even saying he’s being ‘lynched’ is an insult to every black man and boy who really were lynched.
The man is an idiot. You don’t put yourself out there for public office when you have skeletons and expect them to stay in the closet.

Posted by: Catherine | November 29, 2011, 2:31 pm 2:31 pm

I’m not a Bill Clinton fan, but remember the situation well. Those who have posted that Clinton got a pass with his affair seem to have forgotten how his presidency stalled over the Lewinski issue.

Don’t you remember how he couldn’t talk about any business at all without the Monica question coming up? Remember how he was required to testify, and was eventually impeached by the House of Representatives for the lie about it under oath? Most experts agree that his presidency was effectively stalled and his productivity as leader completely derailed due to the indecent.

That doesn’t sound like being “given a pass”.

Neither Clinton or Cain were prosecuted for any sexual misconduct. Both saw their reputation and popularity take a huge hit. Clinton simply had already been elected, whereas Cain had it come out during his candidacy…bad timing, Herman!

Posted by: Edward | November 29, 2011, 2:33 pm 2:33 pm

Yes, Mr. Cain mop your brow. You have sweated up a storm since the stories about your womanizing has come forth. Being a woman, it’s easy for me to tell if these ladies are lying or not. NOT. You just cannot be as innocent as you portray. You have said one thing , then another. In other words, you cannot even remember your own lies. Go, and never look back. I for one never, ever thought that you were intelligent enough to hold such a high position. Go back to making pizzas, for that is what you do best. It will be like a breath of fresh air, not seeing your grinning, sweaty face again. Bye

Posted by: ELVIRA WALKER | November 29, 2011, 2:43 pm 2:43 pm

Well, that ‘s is okay. I am sure Fox News has already offered him a job next to Huckabee and Palin.

Posted by: pksk531 | November 29, 2011, 3:01 pm 3:01 pm

Com’on Herman, do the right thing for *once* in your life…resign…

Posted by: RalphF | November 29, 2011, 3:06 pm 3:06 pm

Give it up, already, Herman!

Posted by: JamesOnly | November 29, 2011, 3:08 pm 3:08 pm

The liberal media is appealing to conservatives’ sense of decency and morality to manipulate us, just like they used the race card to try and discredit our objections to an Obama presidency. It cannot be more clear. Until I see absolute proof positive of the veracity of these claims, and a concession by Mr. Cain, I still stand behind him. I believe his testimony over the liberal media’s lies any day of the week. The liberal media are proven liars. Mr. Cain is not. This should be a no-brainer, folks.

Posted by: Barb | November 29, 2011, 3:24 pm 3:24 pm

These are tactics of the left, they should be recognized as such and at the very least the public should demand more proof than a rumor. Posted by: mbf | November 29, 2011, 12:29 pm…………No. These are the tactics of politics. Neither Left, nor Right are exempt from using them.

Posted by: Taintedbylies | November 29, 2011, 3:31 pm 3:31 pm

“A black man is not allowed to be conservative. He has to be destroyed.” ~~~~~ In this case his own hands and his own pecker were out to get him. Had he kept them both to himself and his own marriage bed, he wouldn’t be having this problem…regardless of his political leanings or his race.

Posted by: Minorkey1 | November 29, 2011, 3:32 pm 3:32 pm

Liberal media, blah, blah, liberal media. Keep on blaming everything negative on them. Your proof positive can be found in his lawyer’s statement yesterday really. If you’re open to it.

Posted by: lexingtonlady | November 29, 2011, 3:34 pm 3:34 pm

Facts be true or not, I think at this point if Mr. Cain continues he is just wasting people’s time, money and votes. He should go ahead and whisper “rosebud,” and be done with it.

Posted by: Dianna-Rene | November 29, 2011, 3:42 pm 3:42 pm

Cain is reassessing because he knows how many additional women are out there that he had affairs with, or sexually harassed, or both.

Please everyone, email Cain and ask him to stay in the race — he will be much easier for Obama to defeat than Romney.

Posted by: Susan in Warrenville | November 29, 2011, 3:53 pm 3:53 pm

Seems logical, he is running as a Republican, the same narcicistic party the fretted so severely about Bill Clinton’s personal life, that they spent $66 million to uncover an office romance. It is logical he drop out rather than humiliate the entire party by making them look like hyppocrites when they support his cheating rump.

Posted by: Arryandan | November 29, 2011, 4:09 pm 4:09 pm

Seems logical, he is running as a Republican, the same narcicistic party the fretted so severely about Bill Clinton’s personal life, that they spent $66 million to uncover an office romance. It is logical he drop out rather than humiliate the entire party by making them look like hyppocrites when they support his cheating rump.

Posted by: ruben | November 29, 2011, 4:10 pm 4:10 pm

I knew this was going happen…The Republicans let this man get so far and then drop the ball. That is so typical of how dirty and disqusting politics are. They don’t even trust someone in their own party. So now, who will run against President Obama and win? I don’t think anyone is qualifiled yet to do that ..Have a nice day.

Posted by: blkgalusa | November 29, 2011, 4:17 pm 4:17 pm

Obama’s re-election is just about a done deal.

Posted by: ckagmd | November 29, 2011, 5:22 pm 5:22 pm

If Cain continues to run, and by some miracle, wins the White House… can we all refer to him as “President Hoochie Daddy”? … I’m just wondering… LOL!

Posted by: Republicans = a BUNCH of Forrest Gumps | November 29, 2011, 5:28 pm 5:28 pm

Which must make Newt Gingrich very, very happy! I knew the far-right GOP would do everything possible to prevent Romney from getting the nomination although he was their best change for winning the Presidency–and as an Obama leaner I did think Romney could beat him. But head to head Newt will drown, unlike his namesake. A year ago I thought Obama was in serious trouble, but gee with the competition the GOP can come up with….and they really despise Romney THAT much?!

Posted by: Troy Wood | November 29, 2011, 6:06 pm 6:06 pm

hey Herman Cain. i support you all the way. let theses people talk all they want. I think you can make a difference in this economy. I strongly disagree about you dropping out of the race. I don’t believe that you did anything that they said you have down. They do this thing to anyone that runs for presidence. so keep doing with you are doing and stay strong

Posted by: anthony | November 29, 2011, 6:42 pm 6:42 pm

I hope he has the decency to drop out. He is an embarrassment to African Americans and the Republican Party, and hasn’t a ghost of a chance of ever making to the White House. His 9-9-9-plan is poorly thought out, and transfers tax liability to the Americans who can least afford it. Sometimes simple is good, but when trying to solve a complex problem, scientists and engineers know that there are virtually never any simple solutions to complex problems. And, like many business men, he doesn’t realize that the US President is not a monarch, and he can’t operate like the CEO of a corporation, because that’s inconsistent with the form of government described by the Constitution. good luck to him in hie retrement.

Posted by: Steve Hamilton | November 29, 2011, 7:00 pm 7:00 pm

Huntsman is just slightly to the right of Obama on most issues, so this is no surprise at all. And since when did competitors ever truly wish success on their opponents? This is a non-story.

Posted by: Chris | November 29, 2011, 7:12 pm 7:12 pm

The only real embarrassment is the people who fail to research the sources of each of these allegations. Each one of them has a track record of extortion, including sexual harassment allegations. One of them was being sued by a firm represented by Obama senior campaign strategist David Axelrod, and most of them were desperately in need of money (bankruptcies, liens on their houses, major tax-debt, and so on).

Posted by: Chris | November 29, 2011, 7:20 pm 7:20 pm

Cain’s sexual harassment and affairs strike me as pretty trivial stuff, nowhere near as bad as the Grinch dumping his wife in the hospital while hypocritically going after Clinton for a little playing around. Also, while Cain is a Bible thumper, he has not played it up like some of the others.

What bothers me about Cain are the illegal campaign contributions, his pledge of allegiance to the Koch brothers and his 666 devil is in the details tax plan.

I do hope Cain stays in the race. While he doesn’t have a snowball’s chance (and really never did), he is the best entertainment since the Wasilla Hillbillies were taken off the air.

Posted by: TimZ | November 29, 2011, 8:15 pm 8:15 pm

Amazing how the post about the non-reporting of Solyndra, Fast and Furious, etc. was wiped off this page. I think ABC has proven the poster’s point about the non-coverage of what is really going on in this country as pertains to obama and his administration.

I wonder if this will even get posted. And if it does, just how long will it remain on this blog?

Posted by: ceeLeelee | November 29, 2011, 8:28 pm 8:28 pm

Ms. Sawyer, you continue to run with wonderfully in-depth stories of Herman Cain, New Gingrich and Mitt Romney—candidates all. But say, isn’t it time to do some in-depth reporting on Candidate Obama? Specifically, he needs to explain the history of his involvement in the following.

Solyndra, Beacon Power, cozying up to the lawbreakers of OWS, the much-vaunted stimulus package that was supposed to keep unemployment from rising above 8 percent–but didn’t, Obamacare and CLASS, the screwing of the Chrysler bondholders, “shovel-ready” jobs that were not as shovel-ready as he hoped they’d be (he said with a chuckle), the NLRB and Boeing, failure to throw the book at the New Black Panther Party for Election Day misconduct, Operation Fast and Furious, the idiocy of attempting to try Khalid Sheikh Mohammed in federal court, nonsensical promises about Guantanamo, the infamous Apologizing for America tours…and on and on and on.

Anytime you’re ready, Ms. Sawyer. America voters are waiting to see and hear your reporting on ALL of the candidates. The word “all” includes Candidate Obama, who…in case you haven’t noticed…ALSO is running for office.

Posted by: Jack Davis | November 29, 2011, 8:31 pm 8:31 pm

@Ceeleelee: Glad that you noticed The Case of the Disappearing Post, re: Solyndra, Fast and Furious. Clearly, ABC wants NOTHING on here that show Candidate Obama as he is.

Posted by: Jack Davis | November 29, 2011, 8:33 pm 8:33 pm

Jack all, we’re bored with your Fox News talking points. This page is about Herman Cain not keeping his trousers zipped. You are off topic and slinging more mud, in the style that we have seen for the past four years.

Posted by: January Joe | November 29, 2011, 8:46 pm 8:46 pm

J. Davis, many posts have disappeared from this page. And many of the ones that have disappeared were criticizing Cain. Get your conspiracy-minded head out of Fox News’ nether regions.

Posted by: Floretta | November 29, 2011, 8:48 pm 8:48 pm

Well, looks like there’s some fear afoot here, January Joe and Floretta. Seems that you can’t handle the truth about the media’s whitewashing of Candidate Obama. Or didn’t you know that he’s running for elective office. Must be all that Kool Aid you’re drinking!

Posted by: Jack Davis | November 29, 2011, 9:02 pm 9:02 pm

Are you referring to PRESIDENT Obama Jack? If you had anything but innuendo, people might listen. Given up on the Birth Ceritificate thing now?

Posted by: Night Owl | November 29, 2011, 9:12 pm 9:12 pm

I hope Herm hangs in there. Such great entertainment value. He’ll never make it as prez cause other than his “999″ theory, which by the way is falling apart at the seams as well, he has nothing to offer. Can’t answer any questions without staring at the ceiling and uttering Uhhhhhhhhh, can’t get poor Blitz’s name right and can’t even be honest about his past misgivings. It is entertaining though. Best of luck to you horndog!!

Posted by: DRod | November 29, 2011, 9:20 pm 9:20 pm

chances are Mr. Cain may have thought that people would presume him innocent since he was never proven guilty in either of those complaints. ——– ?????????? huh?????? really????? you honestly believe this????????? Excuse me< but….why? I have known SO many men who have sexually harrassed, both in my day, and when I was older and was watching. The same men would hit on women over and over and over, and be so blind to the fact that these women were being polite and trying to keep their jobs, they were always senior employees who did this, and any hint of polite laughs at their stupid jokes, or anything, you could see them thinking "she wants me". And those guys hardly ever, if ever, had anyone challenge them. If a guy has one, or even two, sexual harassment complaints, i'm sorry, i'm in the mind set, he did it. He's SOOOO bad, it shouldn't even be ignored, which usually ,it is. To push a women over hte brink to where she's actually accusing..you gotta be pretty bad. I cannot fathom anyone thinking that way you describe. Do they not work in the real world????????? Because the only guys who actually get the complaints are the REALLY bad ones. Andconsidering after the second payout ( year's severance is huge! We negotiated to get union buys out for two months salary! one year is HUGE!) funny how he just quietly left the restaurant association. I think after lady #2 complained about him, I suspect he was asked politely to please leave, we'll let you save face, you resign, but uh….we want you gone. The timing seems that is exactly what happened.

Posted by: GrannyNosBest | November 29, 2011, 10:25 pm 10:25 pm

Clinton had women THROWING themselves at him. Im not seeing that happening to Cain.
Posted by: GrannyNosBest
You don’t see that happening? Really? Are you perhaps a racist? Herman Cain is a powerful, rich businessman, and he’s rather good looking –——-eeewww!!! Good looking??? what part? The fat part? The bald part? the short part? the no chin bone double neck part, the talks too much, is obnoxious, is conceited, talks talks talks, oh shut up already we’re sick of your voice part?????????? No. Put a fat bald white man who talks with nervous energy and doesn’t shut up, knows no bounds, has that ‘too much’ factor and he’s just as unattractive. Denzel Washington, now that’s an attractive black man. They call it ‘smooth’ because..that’s what attractive men are. SMOOTH. Soft spoken, usually low raspy voices, calm, smooooooooth. Cain is all nervous energy, high pitch blah blah blah voice, he’s like a teen age boy with impulse control issues. no. trust me. Women do NOT see him as attractive as women would see a Cliinton or a Reagan or a JFK. Not even close.

Posted by: GrannyNosBest | November 29, 2011, 10:29 pm 10:29 pm

I think after lady #2 complained about him, I suspect he was asked politely to please leave, we’ll let you save face—which BTW is EXACTLY how two of the firms i worked for handled it, the third put the guy in an awful awful job that was beneath him just waiting for him to quit, but….out of reach of any women. when a guy has two harassment claims causing the company money, big brass starts to pay attention to you, watch you, and gets a hankering of your character and may, may, send in a spy. A women who is paid to act as an employee so you can see, firsthand, how he behaves and if he’s the perv he seems to be, he’s a liability, they either ask him to leave, or they make his assignments so God-awful, they know he’ll quit so they wont have that unemployment insurance or lawsuit liability and the company loses a liability while staying out of the evening news. That’s the business world. Funny how Cains employment, or rather, end of his employment, seems to coincide with this model.

Posted by: GrannyNosBest | November 29, 2011, 10:36 pm 10:36 pm

Dirty holier than thou hypocrite. Im glad to see him fail. Loser. I bet he smells like cigarettes too.

Posted by: freemerryjane | November 29, 2011, 10:44 pm 10:44 pm

GrannyNosBest – sure there are men who sexually harrass women and there are women who sexually harass men in the workplace. Does that mean all men harass women and all women harass men? No of course not. And unfortunately, although there many legitimate cases of harrassment, it is not uncommon for people (of both genders) to lie about sexual harrassment in an effort to either bring down a co-worker or earn a nice payout. LIke it or not, in life, some people lie – I know it’s hard to believe. And often, companies are willing to pay on these complaints. Unless you were there, watching and listening when each of these alleged incidents took place, you simply do not know who is lying and who is telling the truth. You might have a bias that leads you to believe one over the other, but that is not the same as actually knowing, now is it? When there is a lack of evidence, as in the case with the Cain accussers (no one saw, witnesed, recorded the incidents) most fair-minded people presume someone to be innocent. This can be a tough concept to wrap one’s mind around – that people are to be presumed innocent until they are proven guilty – but our justice system (one of the best in the world) happens to be built around this concept. Opening your mind a little bit might help you to see the good in people and might also help you to realize that there are always two sides to every story.

Posted by: lil one | November 29, 2011, 10:53 pm 10:53 pm

People you’re missing the entire point. You don’t get it at all. Electing President Barack Obama set the standard so high for running for the office of United States President that most people can’t obtain it.

President Obama shows constraint, honesty, loyalty, commitment and faith; above all to his wife and children. I don’t even want to speak about his education. A Harvard graduate. A State Representative from Illinois. He is of mixed race. His family wasn’t borne into slavery. He can talk without a southern twang. He speaks plain English. He looks damn good too. But, President Obama keeps his cool, he doesn’t make statements just to make them to get a slogan on the nightly news.

(Mr. Cain apparently no college whatsoever and it shows). Mr. Cain is a hot mess. Whenever you can be bought for pennies — you’re not good. Mitt Romney when he gets in front of the camera his mouth starts talking about things from two runs his lost years ago. He’s mental. Rick Perry; he’s either on the verge of dementia or he’s just a dumb country cowboy. Michelle Bachmann, not too smart. She’s a follower — nothing about her ever said “leader.” And Ron Paul, bless his heart. Santoriom, they won’t support him — the GOP doesn’t like him. That’s the long and short of his problem.

Newt Gingrich has a record, books, videos, and allot of oral history. He’s like John McCain, he’ll make the mistake of choosing a female to run on the ticket with him. Meaning he’ll lose–big time. President Barack Obama puts these other idiots to shame. The Republican candidates remind me of the Three Stooges, but it’s seven of them. Each of them saying ridiculous comments, falling all over themselves and not smart — not even close.

The GOP has four years to find someone that was stellar to run against President Obama and they didn’t. Shame of them. They haven’t even come close!!! Four more years. Four more years!

Posted by: TeaL | November 29, 2011, 11:13 pm 11:13 pm

LIke it or not, in life, some people lie – I know it’s hard to believe. And often, companies are willing to pay on these complaints—–Bull. First off, spare me ,dear, telling me what life is like. I dare say, I’ve seen a bit more of it than you. Second, women who sexually harass anywhere near on par with how much men do it????? LOL! Ok, now that’s funny. I’ve seen it far too many times before. And…women dont want the stigma on their record, that they are the type of person who brings up claim. I dont know what mcDonald’s or Wendy’s you work at, but in the corporate professional world, your last job is dug up, called and asked about how you were. IF you’re found to have lodged a complaint against someone you dont get another job. Women know this, which is why of ALL The men I’ve seen who harrassed and I’ve seen plenty, hardly anyone had a women complain.

Posted by: GrannyNosBest | November 29, 2011, 11:19 pm 11:19 pm

Newt —–has been rejected by this country countless times. Nobody outside that 20% cares about radical social issues, and take away those, Newit is the sleaze ball who left his sick wife and has an ego the size of texas. the country has shown him the door so many times, it really takes ALOT of ego to continue running for president when we’ve al lsaid “no thank you!” so many many many times. And the right wing is particularly obtuse. Mitt, however, was our governor and was actually a very good pragmatic governor. Ithink he would actually do well, maybe. Obama is a high mark, though, too wimpy. But most competent. I like his ideas and game plans much better than any other candidate.

Posted by: GrannyNosBest | November 29, 2011, 11:24 pm 11:24 pm

Let me say this also. Herman Cain wasn’t going to get the nomination because anything to do with his race. It’s due to his not having integrity and honesty. He was cocky and arrogant until those white women and the long-time lover started to come forward. Anybody who’s had a 13 year relationship with a woman outside of his marriage is not honest and lacks character. That’s the bottom line. He can be a conservative; but be one like President Obama is a Democrat. Match the person up with what is already in office for President. (Example Colin Powell). Not that’s a contest. If the GOP can’t do that—it’s over. Young people will not gravitate to Newt Gingrich or Rick Perry. The world has changed since these career politicians got in office. The US is multinational and colorful. White men don’t have the same power they think they had. I am a proud black female and would have never even considered Herman Cain over Barack Obama–not for a second. There’s no match. I don’t want to hear someone with that Southern draw represent me in foreign countries and in professional situations.

President Obama is loved all over the world.

President Obama is “World Class” baby. You can’t touch it.

Posted by: Teal | November 29, 2011, 11:26 pm 11:26 pm

two words describe herman CAin. “too much” and “shut up”. he talks far far far too much and you look at the plethora of words and bottom line it, and with all that blah blah blah, he doesn’t say anything. Just too much. Painful to have to listen to for more than a nanosecond.

Posted by: Susanna | November 29, 2011, 11:26 pm 11:26 pm

Yeah, Hermy, wipe some more sweat off your bald head and then tell us again how women are actually chasing you. yeah. like that happens….

Posted by: Johnny boy | November 29, 2011, 11:28 pm 11:28 pm

ROFL!

Right now, obama is looking UP to Jimmy Carter. Can’t get much lower than that. Lol. :D

Posted by: ceeLeelee | November 29, 2011, 11:47 pm 11:47 pm

The two major parties are offering the american public a Hobson’s choice. Until a viable third party arises in this country, the voters will only have idiots, puppets, megalomaniacs and retreads to choose from. I am not sorry to see Herman Cain go. I’m just sorry that the remaining choices from both parties are so pitiful.

Posted by: Thinks2010 | November 30, 2011, 1:00 am 1:00 am

take the lie detector test. it’s all cain has to do if he wants to be relevant in the coming election. it’s all he has to do. if he is innocent, as he claims, what’s holding him back from taking the test? as for a third party, doubt that would work either as corruption, unethical behavior is the norm across the USA in any level of government and acutally in all walks of life. third party would offer nothing that isn’t already present in all existing parties.

Posted by: david | November 30, 2011, 3:30 am 3:30 am

From the title of this article, i.e., “…REASSESSING Campaign” ………………………………. If you take out the “ESS” from the word “REASSESSING”, it explains what Mrs. Cain is currently doing to Mr. Cain for all the hot water he is in over the 5 accusations from 5 different women.

Posted by: Republicans = a BUNCH of Forrest Gumps | November 30, 2011, 4:01 am 4:01 am

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Posted by: kharen winder | November 30, 2011, 5:29 am 5:29 am

If the alligations are true about Mr. Cain, yes he should drop out! You see, people like Mr. Cain, Strauss Kahn, Jerry Sundusky, and my ex-boss Susan Stein, get away with their sexual perversions for so long, because they continue to victimize the victims with defimation of character, and they even go as far as to have them killed! I ask one question for the sexual predators, and sexual abusers; why won’t you stop victimizing people, then you will not have to cover your stories up! You all know you have a problem, so just get help!

Posted by: Conswela Johnson-Pascal | November 30, 2011, 6:15 am 6:15 am

Has anyone asked Cain directly, “Did you have sex with that woman?”? ????? Or do they just want to be able to continue a slow drag of Cain through the mud?

Posted by: deanbob | November 30, 2011, 7:46 am 7:46 am

Obama is the Beast Prophesied… Things will
Unfold as in Daniel and Revelations.
Let those with ears hear.

Posted by: The Good Book | November 30, 2011, 11:40 pm 11:40 pm

Per me, the issue is the standard we hold our
Presidents to, as far as sex is concerned. If
One feels a President should have a clean sex
Record, we rule out 80 percent of us!!
The standards in the rest of the world for heads
Of state are a lot less strict. France, a western
Country has minimum standards. Asia has even
lower standards. We need to have realistic
standards equal to the median american.

Posted by: Sunil Kololgi | December 3, 2011, 12:57 pm 12:57 pm

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