Republican sexual harassment furor boosts Obama

Reuters via Yahoo ^ | 11/4/11 | Patricia Zengerle

[Evil Slayer]

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The longer the Republican presidential hopefuls battle over sexual harassment claims against Herman Cain, the better things look for President Barack Obama as he mounts his campaign for re-election.

Cain has been accused by at least three women of sexual harassment when he was head of the National Restaurant Association in the mid-1990s, claims that have been front and center in the Republican nomination race since the news web site Politico reported them on Sunday.

The rare instance of infighting in a party known for its unity comes just as Obama, a Democrat, is gaining some traction in opinion polls and the U.S. economy is showing signs of improvement.

"Obviously Team Obama wants the Republican field as large as possible for as long as possible," Republican strategist Ford O'Connell said. "The more they duke it out, the more ammo Team Obama has going into the general election."

Cain said he is innocent of the claims and accused rival Rick Perry's camp of being behind the story, which Perry has denied.

The disputes between the Republicans come as opinion polls show voters are responding well to Obama's push for his jobs bill. A poll from Quinnipiac University this week showed that 47 percent of Americans approve of Obama's job performance, up six percentage points from early October.

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Note to Patricia Zengerle: You wish!!!! Unemployment plunged down all the way to 9.0 sarc/

[skeeter]

The longer the Republican presidential hopefuls battle over sexual harassment claims against Herman Cain, the better things look for President Barack Obama as he mounts his campaign for re-election.

This why it's called Rooters.

[Arrowhead1952]

Hey polutico, here is a suggestion. Go find Larry Sinclair and ax him about 0 bummer. See what a story you can write about THAT!

[jimmango]

Mid 90’s? On Billy Bob's watch? Maybe he was just following his lead, and trying to act Presidential. Amazing how it was no big deal then, but a “major scandal” now.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

BULLCRAP!!!...I’ll take this trumped up crap anyday over the disaster the whack socialist Obama has done to this country!

[gargoyle]

...the history Obama has at a certain bathhouse in Chicago

¿¿¿Did I miss the meeting on this???

[MiddleEarth]

Yeah, these accusations against Cain suddenly make Marxist ideals, a tanking economy and all the general gunk coming out of the White House look great to me now too. TO HECK WITH MY BELIEFS. /s

[Sans-Culotte]

I could not care less if it does. It will be so temporary and small as to be irrelevant. In fact, in the vein of “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger” I firmly believe that if Cain punches through this he will be absolutely unstoppable.

I also sense a lot of "to hell with the MSM" from the people who are supporting Cain. That's good. the MSM is the enemy as surely as Obama. 'Bout time someone took them on.

[SueRae]

The 0bama jobs bill they’re touting got knocked down again in the Senate...

[Terry Mross]

One, obama worshippers (including RINOS) do not want another black man in this race. Will make it kinda’ hard to scream “Racism!”.

Two, do not assume obama won’t be re-elected. The GOP is working hard to make this happen. That’s why they want Romney. We’d best wake up and see there is no opposition party so we’d better be willing to support one.