[mdittmar]

Brian Montopoli is the senior political reporter at CBSNews.com.

[US Navy Vet]

UHHH NO!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

No, but state-controlled media’s attempt at manufacturing a scandal is flaming-out.

[McBuff]

This is the Rove spin. . .now being espoused by Hannity who is in love with Rove.

[Cicero]

Someone should ask this guy Montopoli whether he would consider asking Obama why several of his gay Chicago bathhouse boyfriends were murdered.

And what was the story with Larry Sinclair? Why was he arrested and held without any charges?

[WayneS]

Is Herman Cain taking scandal from bad to worse?

Well, here's a headline from today's Washington Times: "Cain campaign has biggest online fundraising day" -- so I think the answer is: No, he is not "taking scandal from bad to worse".

[boomop1]

cbs the gang of a couple dozen anti Cain outlets.

Herman Cain the next president of the US.

[pingman]

Dream on, Brian.

[Keith in Iowa]

http://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/brent-bozell/2011/11/01/bozell-slams-media-double-standard-shielding-clinton-pouncing-cain

[LibFreeUSA]

Geez, you’d think he had sex in the oval office, AND lied about it.

[econjack]

Odd...I don't remember CBS going into this level of condemnation when Clinton, Dan Rather, or a host of other democrats and/or libs lied through their teeth and were guilty as charged. Where's the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune for Eric Holder, Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, and a dozen other libs? Here, he was cleared after investigation, but CBS feels it needs to do a hatch job because their boy is likely going to get his a$$ kicked in 2012, and they don't want Cain to even have the chance to do it.

[ozzymandus]

Major fail by MSM and establishment Rinos. Rove needs to STFU.

[MNJohnnie]

Nice try smearbots.

Cain had his best fund raising day ever yesterday.

He has everyone on the Right from Rush Limbaugh to Sean Hannity defending him

The stupidity of the GOP Establishment smear machine here may just of handed the GOP nomination to Cain.

[commish]

With every story this becomes more and more apparent that the claims weren’t the real plan... the plan was to pillory the Cain response.

AND IT IS OBVIOUS THAT THIS IS THE RINO ESTABLISHMENT TALKING POINT!

This is becoming more and more apparent as a Rove/Romney Smear Campaign.

[junta]

Anything to keep the Corzine/Obama scandal off the front pages.

[MNJohnnie]

I think it is past time someone start questioning Rove and the GOP machine about what his ties are to specific GOPcampaigns.

He claims to be an “objective” commentator. Fine, then let him clear up the questions about his contacts with other GOP Candidates campaigns

The other thing credible journalists might want to press Rove to clear up just what his role was in the robo-call smear campaign against John McCain in South Carolina prior to the 2000 GOP primary.

Rove needs to put these questions to bed by releasing any documentation he has clearing up the allegations that he staged that the smear job against McCain.

(Note to the Rovebots, how do you like being on the receiving end of your own media tactics for a change?)

[HarleyD]

Strange how CBS on their website gives twice as much space to this story that’s over 20 years old and half as much space (you can hardly see it) to the Fast and Furious investigation.

[Politicalmom]

That’s it. I donated last week, but off I go to donate again.

[rogue yam]

Everybody knows the Politico story was a b.s. hitpiece.

Everybody knows that Mr. Cain put the whole thing to rest on Greta yesterday.

Today the leftists, Mittbots, and Perrywinkles are reduced to sobbing about Cain’s first statements in the hours after the Politico piece appeared.

The dogs bark, the caravan moves on.

[Arrowhead1952]

Dang, did dan ra^THer come out of retirement?

[5thGenTexan]

ATTENTION: There is a poll on the page with this story that needs FReeping ASAP:

Do you think the reported allegations against Herman Cain will have a long-term negative impact on his presidential campaign?
Yes	55%
No	32%
Don't know/Too soon to tell	12%
Total votes:	5703