They seem culpable because of their lack of spine in this matter to me. They seem to be enjoying their “fellow” Republican get accused of vague charges. Perry and Romney seem to have forgotten that we are fighting a bigger fight than amongst each other.
Why don’t you say that about Santorum, Bachman, Gingrich, Paul, Huntsman, and Johnson? What about their “lack of spine” as you say? Why single out only Perry and Romney. In fact Santorum has outright attacked Cain over this matter, and Bachman has obliquely done so also. Funny how you selectively accuse only two out of the entire Pub field of not coming to Cain’s aid. Cain is a big boy. He can figure out how to handle this, and if he can’t, then he’s not ready for prime time.
I agree with Huntsman in his attempt to minimize the fallout “He’s the only one who can answer the charges against him,” and that too much “bandwidth” has been spent on the allegations and that it was important to start talking about “the issues that really do matter.”
He comes off looking presidential and above the fray while Cain is rolling in the mud doing a perfectly fine job of destroying himself.