Herman Cain considering dropping out.
Herman Cain, rocked by another allegation of infidelity, reportedly told senior advisors that he is considering ending his bid for president.
According to a transcript provided by the National Review Online, which listened in on a conference call between Cain and his top aides, Cain denied “unequivocally” an Atlanta woman’s claim that the two had engaged in a 13-year affair. He instead described it as a “friendship relationship,” and said he was helping her financially.
“That being said, obviously, this is cause for reassessment,” he said, according to the report. “We have to do an assessment as to whether or not this is going to create too much of a cloud, in some people’s minds, as to whether or not they would be able to support us going forth,” Cain said.
Cain said he would weigh the decision “over the next several days,” during which time he would carry on with his schedule. But that schedule includes “a major foreign policy speech in Michigan Tuesday night,” which suggests he’s already dealing with a lot of bad press (it’s obviously to knock back the impression he made that he’s a foreign policy dunce).
Whether Cain’s ready to admit it or not, his campaign is over. It looks like he might be ready accept that reality.
Source: Los Angeles Times