Posted on 11/04/2011 1:20:23 PM PDT by drewh
A new ABC News/Washington Post poll out today shows the allegations stemming from Cain's tenure in the 1990s as head of the National Restaurant Association haven't made much of an impact.
Seven in 10 Republicans in the survey say the allegations don't matter when it comes to picking a presidential candidate. A majority of GOP and GOP-leaning voters, or 55%, say the allegations are not a "serious matter."
But the poll, taken Oct. 31-Nov. 3, shows some challenges for Cain. Among the 39% who say the allegations are serious, half say it makes them less likely to support the businessman for president.
"If views of the seriousness of the issue were to increase, Cain's support could be at risk," ABC polling director Gary Langer writes in a memo accompanying the survey.
The National Restaurant Association says it will decide today whether to release one of Cain's accusers from a confidentiality agreement so she can issue a statement.
In other developments, Cain's wife reportedly will not do an interview tonight with Fox News. Gloria Cain has "apparently had a change of heart," in the words of The New York Times.
During an appearance on Sean Hannity's radio show, Herman Cain said Thursday that his wife is "200% supportive of me" both as a candidate and as her husband.
(Excerpt) Read more at onespot.wsj.com ...
“Among the 39% who say the allegations are serious, half say it makes them less likely to support the businessman for president. “
Once Cain is nominated, they will forget about Romney and Paul.
Hannity has a poll on this too: http://www.hannity.com
Could it be that people are waking up to the media’s tricks? Please Father in heaven let it be so.
Hey you idiots in the liberal press!...WE will decide the fate of conservative candidates...NOT YOU!!
2) Hey, Lefties...I was taught that even if TRUE that "sex is no reason to get rid of a President(ial candidate.) Hey, Bubba didn't just SUGGEST sex, he banged an INTERN in the OVAL OFFICE with a SECRETARY LISTENING and then committed PERJURY BEFORE A GRAND JURY and it meant absolutely NOTHING TO YOU. Why the HELL should I give a damn what your puppets in the Media claim?
Add me to the Herman Cain support list too.
https://supporthermancain.com/iowafund/src/website
Get used to it, media schlubs.
Sooner or later some Tea Party candidate...Cain, Sarah Palin, somebody....is going to win the White House by RUNNING AGAINST YOU!
You guys are about as popular as hemorrhoids, North Korea or O.J. Simpson with most of the public.
The MSM has helped to raise Cain’s profile with GOP voters. The upside to the sexual harrassment stories is he got lots of free advertising and national exposure.
This beats the paid ads. If people wondered before if he was a front-runner, there’s no longer any doubt about it.
Cain the candidate is the national story now.
Serious, responsible people look at the situation, at Cain's career and his background and see this for what it is: a smear, plain and simple. That's why 'GOP voters dismiss allegations' of wrongdoing lodged against Herman Cain. We've been here before and we won't be fooled again. These allegations against Herman Cain, like allegations against Republican candidates in the past, i.e. George Bush's National Guard attendance record, usually come to nothing except a big distraction for both candidate and voters.
it’s amazing how even people on this forum are duped by the msm.
herman cain is a good man.
the allegations are without merit.
I sent another donation this week.
That’s the “impact” these lame allegations had.
More money for Herman.
I think many people are just fed up with this political-correctness-gone-amok, where you can’t even open a door for a woman nowadays without fear of “offending her”.
It’s a bunch of BS.
how much did this crap pic cost Perry?
Oh, no. Now they’re going to have a field day with him not knowing any better than to say 200%. Just wait. Since they couldn’t make this scandal stick, they’ll be making up more bs.
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