They also don't expect politicians (from experience) to be angels...therefore sexual issues are often (usually, really) given a pass--as long as they aren't rape (unless you're Bill Clinton) or unusual forms of adultery (like Gingrich's dalliances while his wife lay dying....).
Yes the Christian right is more sanctimonious about this...but, that's because they're more scrupulous in their personal lives. There's a reason the Senate allowed Clinton to get away with it--namely:
A)The American people at large didn't take it THAT seriously, as they were convinced--as the Media told them so--his offense was about SEX, NOT perjury before a federal court. AND
Therefore Morris is right--if Cain just quiets down...stops accusing folks without a smoking gun--this will blow over. At worst, the allegations are now that he may have made inappropriate comments--SO WHAT? Only a prude thinks that healthy men never make crude or inappropriate comments.
To the pietistic evangelicals? I'll quote Martin Luther (no, NOT ML King!), the original evangelical reformer:
SIMUL JUSTUS ET PECCATOR!!!
Cain is an ordained minister for heaven’s sake. He out of all the candidates should be the most respectful towards women and he should not even have these issues since he’s married. He brings dishonor to the God he’s supposed to be serving, his poor wife who is being humiliated by this and he brings dishonor on himself when he can’t be man enough to accept responsibility for his own bad behavior. Sexual harassment isn’t the same thing as consensual sex.