E-mail updates
Follow on Twitter
Subscribe to RSSWEST CHESTER, Ohio -- As Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" played after a Herman Cain campaign stop here this morning, the embattled presidential candidate told reporters that reassessing his campaign simply means "re-evaluating."
The Cain campaign has attempted to walk back comments made yesterday that indicated the former Georgia businessman was considering abandoning his bid for the White House. But speaking to a crowd of about 100 today, Cain remained defiant that he has no plans of dropping out any time soon.
"As you know, I have already been attacked,” Cain said. “Not because I have bad ideas, because the ideas are solid. They're attacking my character, my reputation and my name in order to try to bring me down. But you see, I don't believe that America is going to let that happen."
Of course, while the allegations of sexual misconduct and the latest accusation of an affair have consumed much of the coverage of his campaign, he also suffered a setback on substance, when he seemingly couldn’t think of an answer regarding his position on Libya. He has had several other missteps unrelated to the scandal.
Yesterday's news of Cain's consideration to leave the race came on the same day he was set to deliver a major foreign policy and national security speech in Michigan, an area where he has made several of those missteps. Cain picked up on the themes he hit on yesterday -- fostering U.S. military and economic might to develop friendships with other countries -- but like the previous night, his policies were overshadowed by a sex scandal and questions about the future of his campaign.
"With all of the mess going on over the past several weeks,” Cain said, “well, they've been trying to do a character assassination on me. Some of them even predicted that this room was going to be empty today. I don't think that I see any empty seats in here."
While working the rope line after the event, Cain cited a "groundswell" of support. Cain staffers say they have witnessed tremendous outreach from supporters urging the candidate not to leave the race.
But with the Iowa caucuses just over a month away, Cain's been have been moving down, not up, in recent polls.
Leave a Comment:
Good Lord!
Another chapter for the 'You Just Can't Make This Stuff Up' Book;
Hermie having the audacity to speak about of all things, MORALITY! lol
At least he had enough sense for once not to use - 'Faithfully'...
Hermie can say, like Newt (working for the Country), that he loved and worked so hard for the NRA....that's why he did it!
OMT, Lawrence O, last evening mentioned another Newt disgusting episode which occured in a car. Newt and a female neighbor, car in the driveway, she's doing all the work (on Newt)!
Newt and Hermie, hard at work!....lol
*Primal Scream* Chilled, I am going to have nightmares tonight thinking about that.
I am so dam glad that the gop is making a mockery of themselves...It's amazing that the gop teabags have become a cult following,this man cain has no morals or virtue,he is running for the highest office in the land & in this day & age this is what we come too?....Wow and the whole world and are armed forces is seeing this ineptitude clown gop clown car zig zag all over the road into ditches and off cliffs,the democratic party has already won!
You can't make it up. I want to write a book about the GOP campaign and sell the movie rights
Has anyone else had problems posting comments? Is newsvine having issues again?
The headline should have read, "Cain Can't Stop Beating a Dead Horse!"
Indeed FR, another chapter. But the master of all remaina Mr. "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" Clinton.
We do not yet know if Cain will be proven a liar but we do know that Clinton is a proven liar.
OT - Think Progress has a piece up (with video) of Newt Gingrich letting the cat out of the bag:
During a town hall forum in Newberry, South Carolina last night, Newt Gingrich was asked a detailed question about his view on HIV/AIDS treatments. Gingrich conceded that he didn’t have enough knowledge to answer the question and then quipped, “One of the real changes that comes when you start running for president – as opposed to being an analyst on Fox – is I have to actually know what I’m talking about.”
Cain is a proven liar and Gingrich is even worse!. I don't know how anybody (Tea party included) can be so shallow and/or ignorant to vote for or support either one!!!???
nisl: I had trouble getting to FR at all. Took me right to Newsvine, and then I couldn't sign in.
Anyone else?
[As Journey's "Don't Stop Believing" played after a Herman Cain campaign stop here this morning...]
How long before Journey gets wind of this and issues a cease-and-desist letter to Hermie... It seems the GOP/Tea Party has a penchant for stealing songs to use in their campaigns.
They are all about taking others Intellectual Property, perhaps because they themselves aren't intellectual enough to know what is not rightfully theirs to use?
...Bachmann knows this all too well...
New day, I had the same problem this afternoon.
I got the "there doesn't seem to be a page here anymore" when I tried to sign in lisa, between 1:30- 2:00. Then, couldn't get to FR, kept taking me to Newsvine. Seemed to clear up quickly.
No kidding Mickey - remember the Quitter from Wasilla swiping Hearts' - Barracuda? lol
NDD/lisa - same here, Newsvine has been acting really funky the last couple of days. I don't understand why they aren't doing these upgrades/changes during off hours, like most companies do...
Feisty and New day, I got there doesn't seem to be a page also. I had trouble logging out last night.
Sort of reassuring to know it wasn't just me! Thanks, lisa, Feisty and nisl.
I had so many problems trying to post comments, I just stopped trying until now.
Must be a newbie on the buttons at FR.
Let's see...Ms. White has financial troubles, has filed a sexual harrassment claim before, unemployed, declared bankruptcy, accused of stalking and has had a libel judgement entered against her just this year. She's a winner...really legitimate.
Hermie is ass-cessing the damage to his speaking fees and book royalties and trying to figure out if any of that can be salvaged. He also has got his accountants looking for ways to funnel the millions in campaign contributions to his personal ass-cessment account: "There must be a loophole people! Ain't no way I'm spending all that money on advertisements in Iowa!!"
I gotta a feeling a few folks are going to be looking at his "ass-cessts"
Oh goody! More campaignin' More Republican cash awastin' More Republican brand awastin' Keep it up Herman. You are a gift to the liberal brand. The gift that keeps on giving!
Unfortunately 'character' is a key part of obtaining ANY job or position. Its not just about good ideas.
I guess that Herman Cain hasn't interviewed for a new job in quite a while so he isn't aware that character matters, not just experience and good ideas. At the Presidential level, after having the Clinton debacle, 'character' is extremely important because our President has to know how to keep his pants on and focused on the job.
Sorry that Herman Cain didn't get the memo...
I am sorry that their are many folks that continue to regard Slick Willie with high-esteem. The Philanderer in Chief is, was and will forever be a disgusting womanizer.
sorry -- there not their.
And Newt isn't? Which one is still married to his first wife and which one is on his third wife?
He in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Let it go, James. Clinton was over long ago. Nobody cares any more. This is about now.
no argument about newt. just trying to point out that this behavior is not specific to conservatives.
where does Hermie get his drugs from? a doctor? Off the street? He must be on some really good stuff. :)
Fuzzy,
I think he's getting them from the good Doctor Ron Paul, who is also supplying them to Slick Perry and Michelle "Bat-Eyes" Bachmann.
Paul is knocking 'em off, one by one, though it's not going to do him any good. . . .
Don't stop Believing was the "fade-out" song for the "Sopranos"...
Now it's the "fade-out" song for the "Hermanator"...
Didn't Hillary Clinton also use that song in her campaign?
Rasmussen:
Gingrich 45 Obama 43
Read it and weep.
Great logo Bob.
Nobody But Obama. I was wrong, I didn't think you cared about America.
Rasmussen.
RASMUSSEN??
Neat, Bob.
Hey- neat-o-riffic logo. "No Body but Obama"? Really?? I had no idea. Your're alright after all, pal!
F***!! that's scary. Gingrich is a pos. The man is the epitome of a self-aggrandizing, favors-trading, corrupt, anti-women, career politician....
And that's just for starters.
Those in the poll are probably the same people that supported Perry until they got to know him a little better...
Save it for laughs...:)
Rasmussen, the "We will twist the numbers for whatever conservative purpose we see fit," poll. The "Loaded questions get the best result for our cause," poll.
Any bets on whether Booby numbers will change his logo...that is the funniest......who knew ol' Booby was secretly an Obama fan!!!!!.
Nobody But Obama 2012 right on!!
Shhhhh...
Booby's bulb doesn't shine bright enough for him to figure that out! ;o))
Looks like booby put up another "FOX-mussen" poll...
Yes his 999 plan is solidly for the 1%. Raising taxes on everyone but the rich and for the rich, he wants to lower their taxes. After all he a brother by another mother to the Koch brothers. The Koch brothers only have a measly 50 billion between the two of them and you know they can't afford to pay higher taxes, Cain wants to increase taxes on the middle class instead.
Cain's bad, his really bad ideals would have driven him out, but his lack of ethics got to him first.
Cain if the people don't want you, just blame yourself. Don't blame the media, don't blame your old girlfriends, blame yourself as you expect others to do.
If you are a republican, please send money to Cain. Cain and the Koch brothers need more of your money. Sell your car, sell your computer, do without lunch and send money to Cain. After all protecting the rich is more important than your eating and having a car to drive. Right, republicans?
"Crazy Cain" still believes in the Koch Brothers. He still believes in not reading or thinking. "Crazy Cain" still believes in large Corporation tax loop holes, and huge tax payer subsidies for big Oil. He still believes in not telling the truth, and "Crazy Cain" still can not remember how many women he tied to sexually harrass. "Crazy Cain" still believes in huge tax breaks for the very wealthy, and extend the "Brainless Bush" tax cuts."Crazy Cain" strongly believes in the "Goofy Grover" Tax Pledge of "Economic Teason." He does not believe in taking responsibilty for his actions personally. Is America sick yet of the GOP Lobbyist Group spewing their "Crazy Conservative Crap" yet??? I hope so!
Wouldn't character assassination imply lies being told?
You have to have some character for it to be assassinated, you can't assassinate what is not there.
Cain had no intention of being nominated. He just wanted him some mega-bucks from speaking gigs and books ala Palin and Trump - the Celebrity Politicians! Oh yeah, the extra booty don't hurt neither....
These people always go on about government and job creation yet their "jobs" seem to be writing books (which I'm guessing someone else actually wrote) and then pretending to run for President in order to sell books and get speaking fees. I'd like to see them try to hold down real jobs like the rest of us do.
Steeler Fan, Your cat looks nearly like mine. Mine is a rescued terror dumped at Angel Stadium in Los Angeles with more attitude than any cat I have ever had the pleasure of serving.
She appears to have been hurt by someone and was a vicious 6 month old biter when she showed up on the street in front of my house after being dumped again after her first rescue.
Much more interesting than any of the candidates running for the GOP.
I have been training Blanca not to bite the hand that feeds her. Wonder if the republicans are that smart or are they going to continue to put down the voters who create the 99%?
If this is Mann Coulters idea of their Blacks being better than Liberals blacks .....
What is her idea of their "worst blacks"?
Herman Caine is a Fluke and disgusting dirty old man.....Coulters kind
My goodness was herman that sexy. Gloria could not keep up
with him??. Whats his problem?? Or, is humpty dumpty doing a
number on herman. hermes ole boy, you better check out the grinch.
Keep an eye on him, ole mit too. mmmhhh , L O L , oops sorry
hermes did'nt mean to laugh at your GOP fiends dont trust them.
Lets see three women suddenly come out to accuse Mr. cain of sexual inpropriety but no one wants to look at these women. So lets look.
Sharon Bialek, who claimed that Cain grabbed her crotch in a car. Its a fact Bialek is to ugly for anyone to want to grab her crotch besides she was in constant financial trouble, had been involved in a paternity lawsuit, was known as a "gold digger," had a string of debts and had twice filed for personal bankruptcy. Also, she admitted she knew Obama's dirty tricks specialist, David Axelrod, and accepted cash from him before the accusation. The second one, Karen Kraushaar, made unspecified allegations of a
"hostile environment" when she was working for Cain, but refuses to say
what those allegations were. This despite the fact that the National
Restaurant Association waived her confidentiality agreement, thus allowing her to go public. Then it turned out that Kraushaar had also filed a complaint at her next
job just three years later, charging that a manager had circulated a
sexually explicit joke email comparing computers to men and women. She
demanded a raise and the right to work at home. She is also linked with Axlerod. And now we have Ginger White stepping forward to claim that she had a
13-year affair with Cain. Cain admits he was friends with White, but he
categorically, adamantly denies having an affair with her. White has the whole combo-platter of questionable accuser attributes: She's
another financially troubled, twice-divorced, unemployed single mother,
who has claimed sexual harassment in the past, declared bankruptcy once,
was accused of stalking and had a libel judgment entered against her
just this year. So far in 2011, she's had nine liens put on her
property. When will someone check her bank account now?
The liberal press and the poor drones that write there oh so witty comments about Cain because their party leaders say so. Should stop and ask why are the liberals so afraid of Cain they kep making these baseless accusations against him.
Looks like you made up a few "facts" yourself. Seems to me men who use women , tend to look for "victims" people in "need" so to speak, they are less likely to talk about it, having low self-esteem to begin with. So the possibility of this happening , given his incredible arrogance, is quite high.
cre0530,
you are an ignoramus. Go out and buy Coulter's latest book, Gomer.
But this is how liberals dirty you up when they've got nothing: They
launch a series of false accusations, knowing that Americans with busy
lives won't follow each story to the end and notice that they were all
blind alleys. The liberal media is an old story, but it's still a
big story when it comes to creating the impression of scandal out of
thin air. Most people say, "Where there's smoke, there's fire." I
say, "Where there's smoke around a conservative, there are journalists
furiously rubbing two sticks together." Because there is no proof. Here is another question for liberals why isn't the press trying to protect Cain since afterall the accusations have no proof when the press corps lied about and tried to discredit the witnesses who had the proof against Clinton including Billy telling Paula to commit perjury?
CRE, HUSH !!! cains freaking accusations are comming right from
within your crooked GOP RACIST CAMPS. Libs affraid of cain?Bring any
of your clowns. We are taking notes, we are waiting. BRING IT ON!!...You
crooked racist S O >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Bs
gee with all the scandals at Penn State and Syracuse i'm just glad he likes pussy
LOL VAJAY JAY.
I bet it comes out that this Ginger women has a baby by Herman Cain, he'd better go hide while he can and shut it down.... Why else would a man pay all a women's bills, unless he's trying to keep her quiet (really quiet).
Cain, another big mouth, low morals, ignorant on everything but pizza (although his pizza was God awful too) repug.
Cain what a degenerate - quit wasting tax payer dollars.
Romney or Gingrich
They first have to figure out which Romney it will be.
Everyone KNOWS what they get with Gingrich - deceit and lack of integrity.