Noticed the Miami Herald felt the need to define the policy for its readers. ;)
Considering the LSM brought out the biggest barrage it could find against Cain, including Gloria Allred -- and considering how many conservatives played into the Libs' trap on this -- and considering all the doomsday talk, including this headline about an "embattled" campaign -- I'd say the fact that Cain "only" doubled his already low negatives and held his positives at 57% is anything but "embattled."
Yes, a candidate in this position has some rebuilding to do. Who doesn't after those first barrages as frontrunner? But this is nowhere near the tanking that, say, the Perry campaign took when it stumbled. And, IIRC, there were times that Sarah Palin had way higher negatives than this.
Although I think it will be a little while longer before the full impact of everything shows up in the polls, all in all, I'd say this was sort of like giving up a field goal when there was a huge offensive play for seven.