Cain never harassed her or treated her poorly, though their physical relationship ended eight months ago, just before Cain announced his candidacy for president, White said. She provided some text messages and phone bills as documentation of her contact with Cain.The station also released a statement from Cain's attorney, Lin Wood, who said the allegations of "private, alleged consensual conduct between adults" is not "not a proper subject of inquiry by the media or the public."
If she has released texts and phone bills as the above quote from the article suggests, and if the campaign's defense is "consensual relationship", then one has to wonder if this is an attempt at innoculation or a defense?
I'm going to suggest that Cain is done in Iowa and New Hampshire as America sorts out how to deal with new, private information that's being revealed. The voting public won't have this sorted out by then.
They've had decades to sort out the Gingrich affairs.
Cain's stuff, however, is raw and new, and who knows what else will pop up.
I’ve read there were records of 61 calls and text messages over IIRC a 4 month period.
All depends on what was said.
If that is the best denial that a $600 an hour lawyer can issue, then I'd have to say that this story has...
Cain set himself up when he claimed there were no skeletons in his closet. Do we remember the short presidential run of Gary Hart (D)? He challenged the media to follow him. He didn't think they would. They did.
