I agree. Democratic operatives know for a fact this would be much more powerful if released in september or october of 2012 right before the general election.
That would mean that they would want to hold these women back for now and keep them on the back burner for a year from now.
If Cain doesn't win the nomination, it doesn't really matter. With Romney, they have flip-flops to fight. With Perry they have the racist rock charge. With my current favorite, Gingrich, they have his past. I don't think they fear Bachman, Santorum, Paul, Huntsman, or Johnson getting the nomination.
Haven been give the option to come forward now and refusing to, the accusers have shot their credibility in the head for good.
Next year this is a dead story.
The 1st question will be “why are you trying to bring up this story now when you refused to go public last year”?
I doubt they will come out of the shadows. Our overly zealous PC culture made it possible for just about anything to be considered sexual harassment. I don't like Cain. I think he is an inept jerk who is being accused in the same way he has been so willing to accuse others with no proof. However, unless these women come forward with something other than "crude jokes" it's wrong to give them any credibility.
FWIW, I believe they won't come forward because the damage has already been done. People are starting to see Cain in a different light and his support has started to slip.