Cain needs to keep distinguishing himself ‘above the fray’...he was doing just that until the ‘press pushed his buttons’ with this scandal and he hasn't been able to turn them off yet.
He needs to do just as HE said...it is his campaign not the medias.....’Get back on message’ and remain there. Any questions about the scandal Cain should use the time and put his plans out there every time they try to corner him on this scandal. He's choosing to take the bait and run with it...remember they tried this on Perry as well...he simply would not give it the time of day.
Yes, this scandal has legs, because there was money paid out...and only because of that...everything else is political media hype.
Cain made his statement from the beginning...he should have stayed with just that...but that's history now...every day he has opportunity to move forward regardless of the media...just move out ahead of it...we'll see how he does with Kimmel...if he goes on the defensive again..and runs his mouth about this as he's been doing..then he with that continues to fail the test of being Presidential..I think he's above this crap....he's forgotten he is.
>>> No that’s not the way to go, that’s what you want him to do.
It’s what I would like to see... yes.
But you are right... It’s his game plan and not mine. I trust his judgment over my own on this.
I still maintain though that he won’t be able to ignore it away. I know how the media works, and Cain himself said in the debate with Newt that it is the media which has surprised him the most. We saw this coming before he was a significant blip on the radar screen. I do not believe that Cain has a full understanding of just what he is dealing with in the mainstream media, and the lengths they are willing to go to defeat him like this.
>>> Cain needs to keep distinguishing himself above the fray...he was doing just that until the press pushed his buttons with this scandal and he hasn’t been able to turn them off yet.
Do not underestimate the media’s ability to keep pushing his buttons. Notice how they are already turning up the heat now with all the offensive gory details of the accusations. Cain MUST answer this with a challenge for her to put up or shut up... and he can start with demanding a polygraph. Otherwise, the charges will stick. Just like they did with Thomas. The difference with Thomas was that he only had to get through 50 senators to get confirmation. Cain has to win votes from the general public.