Herman Cain ‘reassessing’ his presidential bid
We’re getting slightly mixed message from Herman Cain’s campaign staff on whether the candidate intends to remain in the Republican presidential hunt. From the Associated Press in Atlanta:
Herman Cain’s Iowa campaign chairman [says] that the candidate is reassessing his presidential campaign a day after an Atlanta businesswoman alleged a 13-year extramarital affair with the Republican.
Steve Grubbs says that on a conference call with senior staff early Tuesday, Cain said the allegations have taken an emotional toll on his family but that he’s moving ahead with the campaign.
Still, Grubbs said Cain told his staff he would be reassessing how to move forward given that the allegations have damaged his fundraising.
The Iowa chairman said Cain still planned to deliver a foreign policy speech in Michigan later Tuesday.
On the other hand, Daniel Malloy, the AJC’s man in Washington, just got off the phone with Cain spokesman J.D. Gordon, who sent this note:
Gordon acknowledged that Cain in a staff call this morning used the word “reassess” about the campaign, but said it was not about whether or not he was going to drop out. Similar reassessments took place after the Iowa straw poll and at one point when the campaign was low on money, he said.
“My interpretation of that is that we are looking to assess where we are at today and where we need to be moving into the primary,” Gordon said.
The campaign will rethink what states Cain visits, the types of speeches he gives and what interviews he conducts.
National Review Online was listening in on the five-minute conference call, and has already produced a transcript.
Earlier this morning, Atlanta radio talk show host Neal Boortz, for whom Cain often subbed on AM750 and 95.5FM News/Talk WSB, said that it might be time for Cain to leave the race.
Boortz was touted on Monday as a VIP who would be attending the Saturday opening of Cain’s new Georgia headquarters in DeKalb County.
- By Jim Galloway, Political Insider
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Would you think...?
November 29th, 2011
1:40 pm
Would you think that the American people could have an Intelligent conversation about the leadership abilities of candidates and the issues facing our great nation??? Would you think the discussions could be held without name calling, character assination, accusations, lying and cheating? Would you think the American people could find a person of leadership and with plans to bring this country together? Would you think it could be done with race baiting, and class warfare? Come Americans put forth some positive effort!
William Smith
November 29th, 2011
1:40 pm
Does anyone vote for anyone anymore. Most voters vote against someone this is considering both parties. To claim any party has the moral high ground is to ignore the state of our nation. A song years ago was called the “NAME GAME” now both parties sing the “BLAME GAME’. When will we get a rational candidate like Daffy Duck.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
1:41 pm
The Ruthless Way
All this love and support for Obama because every liberal is scared of an alternative voice!
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Why do Repubs always resort to saying that pointing out the obvious about one of their own means they are afraid of them? People said that about Sarah Palin. No one was afraid of her. People couldn’t believe that the Repubs actually thought she was ready to get that 3 a.m. call and know what to do. There could be serious candidates that the Dems would be concerned about, but your side either won’t support them or they won’t run.
Would you think...?
November 29th, 2011
1:42 pm
Sorry, the statement ought to read “Would you think it could be done WITHOUT race baiting and class warfare?”
honested
November 29th, 2011
1:44 pm
Ruthless,
If you analogy reflected what the President has done, you would be right.
But what needs to change is the whiny back-bench baggers in Congress that have resisted any sort of change (and any sort of reasonable behavior) for over 1/3 of the time in question.
J
November 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
Carol…….
Really, I thought this article was about Herman Cain and his inability to keep it in his pants…..I am a proud DEMOCRAT and I am the first to say that President Obama has disappointed me in some of his actions, but I support him fully as POTUS, but let’s not forget the uphill climb that the REPUBLICANS puts this country in….PLEASE STOP WITH THE NONSENSE THAT PRESIDENT OBAMA IS NOT A CITIZEN….BUSH was a friend of terrorist, so was his daddy, and being a muslim does in no way make you a bad person. Please stop the nonsense when you get on here and become internet political gangsters. This race should be about the best candidate, whether it be Dem or REP. I am also an African American so the race card is not in play here, let’s stop the madness and address the issues as to why this country is failing. Support the President because HE IS PRESIDENT regardless of his race….no one say you have to agree with everything but you should support the him, maybe then the country will rise.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
@Carol…
Our point is the guy you obviously support isnt getting the job done. You as well as many other liberals are focused on the precarious backgrounds of the GOP while Obama had a very questionable background. My point is simply this…..Obama isnt getting the job done and he is the only Democratic Candidate for the presidency of the U.S. Because of that I have to look at all other alternatives since I dont feel he has done a good enough job as the president. Since the only other options are most likely one of the GOP candidates I think their voice should be heard and given a chance. If they take office and suck as bad as Obama has the past 3 years then gues what??? We as a republic and democratic society get to voice that opinion in 2016. We could vote in someone else.
Crash001
November 29th, 2011
1:45 pm
Dawg ‘88 – when or why do you think President Obama believes in abortion? He has made it very clear of his stands on it. What I heard him say is “I don’t believe it right but it is an individual choice”. Question for you is do you believe in Adultery? If you read the Bible at all, GOD has a problem with it. Has President Obama committed Adultery or paid for some women to have one?
Facts we know – Newt has committed Adultery twice in his previous two marriages. He is in his third and the only reason he probably hasn’t cheated is he too old.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
1:47 pm
Would you think
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Great points!
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
1:48 pm
@ honested,
I agree with you too. I was simply focusing on the presidency. However, the same could be said for the amount of time the Democrats held power in congress prior to that. There was a reason there was change in congress the last time.
Newt A.k.A Boss HoGG
November 29th, 2011
1:48 pm
First, the T-party love affair was with Mitt, then, Bush 2.0, then, Cain, now Newt(hazzard county’s finest). Maybe the issue isn’t with liberals, the issue might be with the republicans. I’m a registered independent because I see flaws in a 2-party system. I supported President Obama in ‘08 and I will support him in ‘12. Being the HR Profession, I do see a steady increase in new hires and will continue in 2012. Both parties have to give something up to change the economy, dems will have to cut spending and republicans will have to stop protecting the rich and wealthy. Terms in which both sides are angry and upset, that’s when you are on the right track. Herman Cain destroyed himself, no one else did it. Just like when I hire individuals, everyone is great until we run that background check/drug test. Then comes every excuse in the book.
I will say thing, Michelle Obama is a CLASS ACT, she did not deserve to get treated that we that she did at the nascar event. I thought/still think bush was the worst president ever, no African-Americans ever showed disrespect to Mrs. Bush. We didn’t like her husband and his political views.
PoBoyZ
November 29th, 2011
1:49 pm
All politicians are liars and cheats. The only difference is some have been revealed and some are yet to be revealed. Our time is better spent talking about the SEC Championship. Now go DAWGS.
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
1:50 pm
All this love for Boehner and McConnell because every Dixiecrat is scared of alternative voices for the 99%. What have they done and seriously list their accomplishments. You may not agree with Obama, but sticking with the same old crowd who have obstructed the real change is not getting us anywhere.
honested
November 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
For those intent on focusing on the ‘President’s background’, AMERICA KNOWS THE PRESIDENT’S BACKGROUND and most of us support him.
The doofuses the GOP puts up to oppose him are the ones with the obvious problems with background, comprehension of the job at hand and an attachment to failed ideology.
Mr. Thomas Anthony Jones, Sr
November 29th, 2011
1:52 pm
Is Cain a minster or an adulterer. I repeat is Cain a minister or a adulerer. You can not be both Cain. Your actions are a total embarrassment to us the African-American Community. We do tolerate your phony Republican facade. All you did at the National Restaurant Association was chase white women. What is up with that gartbage. Did you do any work in Chicago. You owe the National Restaurant Association a refund for all the money you cause that organization. As a Brainwashed Democratic voter and contributor I want you to tell why you did not march for Civil Rights in the 19620’s, but chase white women’s skirts in the 1990’s. We are going to be on you like a fly on flypaper if we catch you, a minister chasing any other women we are going to publicize you and them and make sure you apologize to us. And Cain start marching in Civil Rights Marches. We do like folks who do not march for Civil Rights, Reverend Cain. Compredre, Mr. Cain. Understand!!!!!.
Newt A.k.A Boss HoGG
November 29th, 2011
1:57 pm
Funny to hear Republicans talk about the job that Obama has done. Let’s take a closer look at his track record vs Bush………
Remember 2000-2008, bush bailed out the Banks with Tarp, now reading that almost $8Billion was giving to the banks in secret. 2 Failed wars with thousands of Americans lost their lives and tens of thousands injuried for Nothing, “MISSION ACCOMPLISHED”, bush could not get Osama, BlackWater, Katrina, WallStreet, Housing Market, Rich Tax Cuts when he inheritated surplus from Clinton………I will stop there. This country was destroyed under Bush, 8 years of bush/it. If you gonna be made at someone, be mad at your own party, they caused it
Self_Made
November 29th, 2011
1:59 pm
This is where perverted politics will get you. When you employ an electoral strategy that seeks to divide people to the point where you retain the biggest “chunk” of voters…when you vilify all people, including citizens, who don’t fit into the “real American” box…when you stand on morals, principles, and values but only in regards to “other kinds of people”…when you try to present multi-billion dollar multi-national corporations as “small business owners” and try to make them accountable to NO ONE…
…this is what you get in your field of candidates. Best of luck.
Ed
November 29th, 2011
2:00 pm
Since when can a “minister/reverand” not be a pastor and an adulterer? Ever heard of MLK, Jr., and Jesse Jackson for beginners?
honested
November 29th, 2011
2:00 pm
Newt A.k.A…..
And that sir, is the truth!!
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:05 pm
@ Newt A,K,A.
I havent read anyone on this blog defending Bush. What we are talking about is the current political climate. President Obama was elected to change our country for the better and to correct the mistakes made under the Bush admninistration. He HASN’T!!! Unemployment is up…..deficit is up….spending is up…etc etc etc. No one disagrees that things got messed up under Bush, even with some crazy stuff happening under his presidency. All the OTHER VOICE is trying to say is Obama isnt correcting the problem. Plain and simple. It’s time for a change of pace!!
John Adams
November 29th, 2011
2:06 pm
This is just another attack on Cain by the leftist liberal media (local Atlanta affiliate on the liberal Fox News).
I don’t know if this excuse makes sense but hey, at this point we Republicans will try anything. That’s all we can do. We are toast.
Jeff
November 29th, 2011
2:08 pm
Honkies for Herman
Madea
November 29th, 2011
2:09 pm
Cain must think we’re as stupid as his wife apparently is.
seriously
November 29th, 2011
2:09 pm
The majority of politicians do chase tail, its not a republican thing… look at Clinton, he was still chasing tail while in the white house. I would still rather have Herman Cain in the white house than suffer another four years with Obama.
Carol
November 29th, 2011
2:10 pm
J
I am also an African American so the race card is not in play here, let’s stop the madness and address the issues as to why this country is failing. Support the President because HE IS PRESIDENT regardless of his race….no one say you have to agree with everything but you should support the him, maybe then the country will rise.
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Unless someone else is using my name (I need to go through these posts) I haven’t said anything about RACE and the president except in response to someone else who thinks I did.
I wholeheartedly support the President. Voted for him once and plan to again. Like you, I don’t agree with everything he has done or how he has done it. Most people don’t agree 100% with anyone. But I believe in many of the things he has done and definitely many of the things he is trying to do.
By the way, I don’t always vote along party lines either. I voted for GWB the first time. I was happy I was allowed to correct my mistake even though it didn’t work.
td
November 29th, 2011
2:12 pm
Justin
November 29th, 2011
1:17 pm
“I’m beginning to believe that you are just one ignorant @sshole!”
Why? Is it because you are learning that all white people do not hate black people? Is it because you are learning that philosophy matters more than race?
It must be hard walking through life seeing everything based on color. You my friend need to wake up and do some soul searching and find out what you really believe in and not just think everything has to do with color. I promise you will be a lot more happy with life in general.
Justin
November 29th, 2011
2:14 pm
@ seriously
November 29th, 2011
2:09 pm
The majority of politicians do chase tail, its not a republican thing… look at Clinton, he was still chasing tail while in the white house. I would still rather have Herman Cain in the white house than suffer another four years with Obama.
Your comment is just proof that conservatives are willing to cut off their noses to spite their faces. You would rather have Cain who knows nothing about protecting you and has no clue what foreign policy really is?
honested
November 29th, 2011
2:16 pm
Rutheless,
The President has succeeded in preventing the disaster he was presented from worsening. Attempts to correct the mess have been met by kicking and screaming from the ‘conservative children’ in the Congress who sat politely by as the disaster was being enacted.
Without the Stimulus, unemployment would likely be 11%. And by the way, what plan does anyone riding in the repug Clown Car to each of the bogus ‘debates’ have in mind for correcting unemployment?
Without elimination of the spending attached to the offshore military adventurism and a return to sane taxation, you are not likely to see any improvement.
So, if you are riding in the clown car, get used to misery, because that is all they have planned.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:16 pm
@ Justin…..HA HA HA
And what foreign policy experience did Obama have when he was running for president. My oh my how hypocritical you are. Thanks for that laugh. I needed it!
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:18 pm
@ honested….
That’s all empty conjecture and party line talking there. Do some real homework on each of the candidates instead of classing all GOP supporters as clowns. I think its time you stop sipping the kool-aid!!
Just the facts
November 29th, 2011
2:20 pm
Cain is done. He needs to step out quickly for the sake of his family. To stay in past this week would be due to ego. He was not honest about these things, and he is just not credible at this point. With all that said, either Newt or Romney will beat Obama. Obama will lose OH, FL, IN, NC, VA, WI, NV, CO and IA. No way he will win the general election. Sure, he will carry CA, CT, WA, NY and IL, but everything past that is in play.
Bootnewt
November 29th, 2011
2:23 pm
Cain: Down the Drain.
Lorraine
November 29th, 2011
2:25 pm
Cain needs to go somewhere and sit down, what you do in the dark will come out in the light!!!!
td
November 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
honested
November 29th, 2011
1:51 pm
For those intent on focusing on the ‘President’s background’, AMERICA KNOWS THE PRESIDENT’S BACKGROUND and most of us support him.
Please tell us his background? What was his college grades? Where is his thesis? Why has his campaign spent $2 million to make sure we do not know anything about his college years?
His approval rating is 42% and I do not think that is MOST of the people. His approval rating among independents is down to 30% and it is 5% among Republicans. Only the left approves of Obama.
Justin
November 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
@ The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:16 pm
@ Justin…..HA HA HA
And what foreign policy experience did Obama have when he was running for president. My oh my how hypocritical you are. Thanks for that laugh. I needed it!
Surely you just!
I’d rather have someone in office who has at held an office making foreign policy decisions than a clown like Cain who hasn’t run anything but his mouth.
Black man's krytonite
November 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
oh no, we’re are going to be subjected to more “…and I’m a mormon commercials.” as if people didn’t know there are actual black mormons or mormons that work everyday.
@Just the facts…cain can’t even get his talk show back. unless he takes the pre empted by Braves baseball time slot. it would have to be Mitt cause I can’t see one woman voting for newt.
Self_Made
November 29th, 2011
2:26 pm
Criticism of Obama is not ALL about race, but a lot of it is. Obama’s policies haven’t been a COMPLETE disaster, but they haven’t helped much and made some things worse. Newt Gingrich is possibly the smartest candidate on either side (Ron Paul, Jon Huntsman, and Obama offer real challenges to that), but he’s far from the BEST candidate.
Give me Jon Huntsman and I just may be able to vote for a Republican for the first time since GHW Bush. Other than him, they all sound like Friar’s Club roasters trying to “out-outrage” each other. If times weren’t so serious, the laughter wouldn’t be so nervous.
The Ruthless Way
November 29th, 2011
2:29 pm
@ Justin
I am glad you feel that way and respect that. With your current logic then you surely must have voted for McCain in 2008 right? He was loaded with foreign policy experience while Obama…well…ran his mouth!
WAR EAGLE
November 29th, 2011
2:29 pm
Dawg! What are you Smokin? Keep abortion legal! We don’t need illegit Btards running around from al lthese black baby mama’s and trailor park trash girls. i do not wnat my money keeping some illegit kid around to commit crimes. As for Obumbler, he is a muslim! THAT is the problem I have with him, not that he is black, but htat he is a muslim and his policies are worse than bush’s. I would vote for Mr. Keyes, or Rr. Cosby over Osama bin obama. So stop electing people b/c of color. elect them b/c they have a plan, not just “change” but how are they gonna do it. Get the whole story and not the snap shot version.
Smoke
November 29th, 2011
2:30 pm
People have been supporting Dixiecrats who have failed our country. Simple question. If you hate and don’t want government, how in the world can you effectively and efficiently run it?
T Knight
November 29th, 2011
2:31 pm
I wish Herman Cain nothing but the best. Though he is not my candidate, he is a class act. The ALLEGATIONS are going to be hard to recover from. My thoughts and prayers are with he and
his family.
td
November 29th, 2011
2:33 pm
“President Obama’s slow ride down Gallup’s daily presidential job approval index has finally passed below Jimmy Carter, earning Obama the worst job approval rating of any president at this stage of his term in modern political history.
Since March, Obama’s job approval rating has hovered above Carter’s, considered among the 20th century’s worst presidents, but today Obama’s punctured Carter’s dismal job approval line. On their comparison chart, Gallup put Obama’s job approval rating at 43 percent compared to Carter’s 51 percent.”
According to Gallup, here are the job approval numbers for other presidents at this stage of their terms, a year before the re-election campaign:
– Harry S. Truman: 54 percent.
– Dwight Eisenhower: 78 percent.
– Lyndon B. Johnson: 44 percent.
– Richard M. Nixon: 50 percent.
– Ronald Reagan: 54 percent.
– George H.W. Bush: 52 percent.
– Bill Clinton: 51 percent.
– George W. Bush: 55 percent
http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2011/11/29/obamas-job-approval-drops-below-carters
jld
November 29th, 2011
2:37 pm
Gingrich will be next to go and like it or not ORomneycare is going to get picked for the Pubs.
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:39 pm
It’s not that I’m a Huntsman fan, but what’s left? The right-wing of the GOP will not forgive Newt his affair; the moneyed intere$t of the GOP will not forgive Newt his “dances” w/compromise and the mainstream GOP is, hopefully, smart enough to know that Newt, as a very high ranking gov’t official was stupid enough to act in a manner that made him suseptable to potential blackmail and the INDEPENDENTS loathe his hypocracy.
Poleesemenses
November 29th, 2011
2:39 pm
Cain is able….or he was. Yep, my man has dipped his pen into too many inkwells. Oh well.
mybad
November 29th, 2011
2:39 pm
Philandering husbands always deny the truth. It’s guy code. But they can’t seem to argue with cell phone records. Caught my own husband the same way. He used to tell me I’m crazy. That was when he mattered to me. Now, I just don’t care anymore.
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:39 pm
What’s left is milk-toast Mitt.
I wonder
November 29th, 2011
2:44 pm
If our current Socialist leader had been as scrutinized would he be in office? This isn’t about right wing or conservatives. Dirty politics plain and simple. Cain shouldn’t be running if he’s covered up this behavior. I guess if his name was Bawney Fwank or perhaps Clinton or Kennedy there might be a different standard. Throw all the bums out!!
ld
November 29th, 2011
2:47 pm
The current polarized Congress exist as an inept body in no small part because of the rules laws and efforts of Newt when he was Speaker–building, of course, on the judge-and-hate-thy-neighbor discourse of the religious right. The GOP held both houses of Congress and the White House for SEVEN long years and never passed any ban on abortion–THAT would have removed the incentive for the one-issue “value” voters to go to the polls and vote contrary to their own best economic interest and the best interest of this nation and its majority. There are few “moderates” in either party because of the judgmental nature of those who fight against individual liberty when it doesn’t meet their personal standard.
td
November 29th, 2011
2:47 pm
“New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie ripped President Obama for the failure of the debt supercommittee, calling the president “a bystander in the Oval Office” in comments Monday.
“I was angry this weekend, listening to the spin coming out of the administration, about the failure of the supercommittee, and that the president knew it was doomed for failure, so he didn’t get involved. Well, then what the hell are we paying you for?” Christie said in Camden, N.J. ” ‘It’s doomed for failure, so I’m not getting involved’? Well, what have you been doing, exactly?”
Now that is telling the truth.