I’m still waiting for clear and convincing evidence, not just a collection of hit and run unspecified charges. If true, I will think much less of Cain, but until there is some evidence, I’m ignoring the claims. This is exactly the same response I gave to the early charges against Bill Clinton, but I hope for a very different outcome. BTW, I predicted that the far left (Obama, mainstream media, Romney) would come up with sexual impropriety claims about Cain, whether or not it was true. This charge was inevitable in today’s political climate, even if the guy is a monk.
If this torpedoes Cain, regardless of the claim’s truth, I can still tolerate Newt, Perry, Bachmann, or some others in the race. I’d also love to see a brokered convention if we could avoid the insiders going for Romney. There is at least one superstar not in the race who I would love to see nominated.
To have a brokered convention, you will need to have your people there as delegates. If you are not in the race, you will have no delegates to back you. You really think the Gingrich, Perry, Cain or Mittens people will decide to scrap their guy to pull a person with terrible unfavorables in as their nominee? That scenario is absolutely impossible.
The last brokered Convention was in 1952 for Adlai Stevenson. This stuff doesn't happen any more because of the way Primaries are constructed today. We will have a clear winner by the time Super Tuesday rolls around.