Cain Reassessing Candidacy Amid New Allegations

[Gerald]

Herman Cain told members of his campaign staff on Tuesday that he was reassessing whether to proceed with his presidential campaign, an aide confirmed, a day after an Atlanta woman disclosed details of what she said was a 13-year affair with him.In a morning conference call with his advisers, Mr. Cain said that he would make a decision in the coming days about whether to stay in the race after his campaign was rocked by another round of allegations about his sexual conduct.The call, which was first reported by National Review, came as Mr. Cain was heading to Michigan for a campaign stop on Tuesday evening. He said that he was discussing the future of his campaign with his family and was considering his options.

http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2...ons-emerge/?hp


Note: November 29, 2011, 11:53 am

[geetrue]

Here's the real story ...

Perhaps Ginger is not a woman

Cain said, "I did not have sex with that woman"

[flatsixes]

Meanwhile, Mrs. Herman Cain is reportedly reassessing whether castrating Mr. Cain would violate the terms of the couple's prenuputual agreement.

Cue Robert Johnson

I gotta keep movin
I gotta keep movin
Blues fallin down like hail
Blues fallin down like hail
Umm mmmm mmm mmmmmm
Blues fallin down like hail
Blues fallin down like hail
And the days keeps on worryin me
theres a hellhound on my trail
hellhound on my trail
hellhound on my trail

God help you, Herman Cain.

[Platapus]

I would like to see some evidence. If the affair has been going on for 13 years there must be something to bring this past the "he said - she said" level.

[vienna]

From the statement released by Cain's lawyer regarding the alleged affair:

"Rather, this appears to be an accusation of private, alleged consensual conduct between adults - a subject matter which is not a proper subject of inquiry by the media or the public."

Source:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/polit...private/45474/

The lack of outright denial and the curious inclusion of the phrase "an accusation of private, alleged consensual conduct between adults" points more to a hedging against the possibility the accuser may indeed have strong evidence to support her allegation. Cain may spout off and bluster all he likes to the media, but the truth is apprently out there; what started out a smoke with no fire has now taken on a healthy, hot glow...

And, somewhere, Bill Clinton is having a good laugh...

[geetrue]

OMG this might mean that Romney wins the Republican nomination on default

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by geetrue

OMG this might mean that Romney wins the Republican nomination on default

One of the news commentators was reporting that the supporters of Cain would, in his opinion, go to Newton instead of Romney.

So any supporters of Cain that would abandon him because of his cheating on his wife would move their support to Newton?

Not sure I follow that logic.

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by vienna

From the statement released by Cain's lawyer regarding the alleged affair:



Source:

http://www.theatlanticwire.com/polit...private/45474/

The lack of outright denial and the curious inclusion of the phrase "an accusation of private, alleged consensual conduct between adults" points more to a hedging against the possibility the accuser may indeed have strong evidence to support her allegation. ...

So all of a sudden we have a Republican saying that what happens between consenting adults in the privacy of the home is not anyone else's business.

Not that I would ever have dreamed that Cain would have ever gotten the nomination in the first place, but this accusation, if demonstrated to be true, is probably the end of his campaign.