Good point. And based one your screen name, I’m sure we would agree on how quickly many FReepers turned on Herman Cain too, just on the basis of unsubstantiated allegations.
No one should be surprised to lose elections when their expectations of a candidate are such that no one can meet them.
Ultimately Cain quit because the brouhaha was wreaking havoc on his wife. Brouhaha that was being raised by Rats, and they couldn’t even have some common consideration for a fellow Democrat (the wife). Under the bus she went, for the sake of derailing Cain.