[Victoria Delsoul]

Perry has emphatically denied that he or his campaign had any part in this.

Rick Perry's presidential campaign says it is "absolutely not" responsible for leaking the fact that Herman Cain was accused of sexual misconduct while head of the National Restaurant Association to Politico, which broke the explosive story Sunday night.
"That is false, patently untrue, no one at this campaign was involved in this story," said Perry communications director Ray Sullivan.

Yet, you are quick to believe Cain but not Perry.

If Cain is guilty of sexual harassment, no one is going to care about who leaked it. He may win the GOP nomination despite this scandal, since so many conservatives are desperate to cling to his every word and find absolutely not at fault for his deficiencies, but he will be a weak candidate against Obama, and the liberals and the media will keep reminding the electorate about his actions.

[grey_whiskers]

If Cain is guilty of sexual harassment, no one is going to care about who leaked it. He may win the GOP nomination despite this scandal, since so many conservatives are desperate to cling to his every word and find absolutely not at fault for his deficiencies, but he will be a weak candidate against Obama, and the liberals and the media will keep reminding the electorate about his actions.

Victoria -- recall that the original allegations were of "NON-sexual gestures".

How did the accusations morph all of a sudden?

Secondly, look at Cain's wife. How is she looking compared to (say) Hillary, or Spitzer's wife?

What if Cain *is* innocent, as was Clarence Thomas?

(What would *really* be a popcorn fest is if Cain holds through to the nomination, and Hillary replaces either Biden *or* Obama on the Dem ticket. Stalemate.)

Cheers!