Meeting with wife may be key to future of Cain bid

AJC/Ass Press ^ | December 1, 2011 | STEVE PEOPLES

[upchuck]

He's plotting an aggressive campaign schedule across several states, but Herman Cain has begun to outline a possible exit strategy from the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

The former business executive, facing a woman's allegation of a 13-year extramarital affair, says a heavy emotional toll on his family — particularly his wife, Gloria, who he has not seen since the charge surfaced — could force him to call it quits. The shift comes as a growing chorus of would-be allies suggests he is no longer a viable presidential contender and Cain himself says fundraising has suffered.

Cain, a top-tier candidate just weeks ago, says he'll decide in the next "few days" whether to abandon his White House bid, but not before he meets with his wife.

"Since I've been campaigning all week, I haven't had an opportunity to sit down with her and walk through this with my wife and my family. I will do that when I get back home on Friday," Cain told reporters gathered at his New Hampshire campaign headquarters Wednesday night. "I am not going to make a decision until after we talk face to face."

Cain said he had spoken to his wife only by phone since Monday, the day an Atlanta television station reported the woman's accusation. Since then, aides have crafted a packed campaign schedule with stops in Ohio, New Hampshire, Tennessee, South Carolina and Georgia and prepared to launch a fresh round of TV ads in Iowa.

[mkjessup]

I contend that in a hypothetical debate between the TOTUS and Herman Cain, that Cain would in fact be another James 'Buster' Douglas (if one could possibly picture 0bama as being (har har) 'Mike Tyson'), it was during the Clinton years that Cain took Billigula to the cleaners during a public discussion on health care, and the universal consensus is that he cleaned Clinton's clock, and he did it with facts.

There is another reason why Herman Cain may in fact be the ONLY candidate that should be nominated by the GOP, and here is why:

Let's presume that Herman Cain is run out of the race, or fails to win the nomination come convention time, here is what you can expect from the 'Rats in the Fall 2012 campaign:

"Herman Cain ran for the Republican nomination for President, but those rich white boys sent him to the back of the bus, just like they want to do with YOU!"[targeted at the black electorate]

But let's assume that whoever the RINO is that gets nominated chooses Herman Cain as their running mate for VP?

Then the 'Rat attack goes like this:

"The Republicans want you (black voters) to vote for a ticket where the black man isn't GOOD enough to be at the head of the ticket, he's standing to the side, letting whitey run the campaign, vote Democrat, we already CHOSE and ELECTED a black man as President!"

See how that works? Who do you think it is that is terrified of Herman Cain? It is the LIBERAL/LEFT establishment, the 'Rat Party, their radical enablers and supporters throughout the lamestream media, why would they be in such a lather about Herman Cain? Do you see these kinds of attacks directed at Mitt-Witt, Newt, etc?

They (and the 0bama regime) are terrified of Herman Cain because Cain cannot and will not be controlled, and has the potential to begin a Moses-like exodus of his fellow black Americans from the 'Rat party plantation, and in the 'Rat view of the world, THAT must be prevented at all costs.

[samtheman]

It seems like you are saying that “we have to nominate a black candidate once we have a black candidate, otherwise we will be labeled as racists”.

Are you really saying that?

[Mountain Mary]

“The people Cain had in place to deal with the allegations(at least initially) and his foreign policy gaffes were not up to the task of dealing with the media and changing the discussion.”

I absolutely agree, CASchack. He was in trouble out of the gate due to the ineptness of his handlers. I met some of them at a fundraiser in Green Bay...nice, young, good looking “kids” who meant well but didn’t have enough experience.
And how hard is it to get a foreign policy expert to brief Cain and drill him day in and day out while on the campaign trail on his bus?

[samtheman]

You are right. 999 is a start.

It’s already changed.

What is it now?

909?
333?

I’ve lost track.

[Tennessee Nana]

Cain cannot and will not be controlled,
______________________________________________

One of the reasons I dont believe he has molested, or sexually propositioned any women or had an affair..

Herman Cain is too disciplined and in control of himself to be the type to give in to temptation ..

[Mountain Mary]

Agree HamiltonJay. I’ve been attacked on other threads for saying same.
Bottom line is that we are hungry for a candidate who we can support and some of us thought Cain was that guy.

And he has proven that he isn’t up to the task. Better now than if he had become our nominee.

Interesting that many of my family and friends didn’t know who Cain was...and still don’t.

If he survives this latest scandal, he can be useful going forward to raise funds for other Conservatives, including the GOP nominee for POTUS.
Maybe he’ll even have a speaking gig at the convention. Hope so!

[fatnotlazy]

I'm not sure it's the Dems. There are a lot of Republicans who have a vested interest in maintaining the status quo. They have already picked our candidate and they will stop at nothing to protect and promote that candidate.

On the other hand, I would not be surprised if this is a joint effort by members of both parties. And the media, including Fox,, are accomplices.

[meatloaf]

I agree with how the attack will play out if cain isn’t nominated.

“They (and the 0bama regime) are terrified of Herman Cain because Cain cannot and will not be controlled, and has the potential to begin a Moses-like exodus of his fellow black Americans from the ‘Rat party plantation, and in the ‘Rat view of the world, THAT must be prevented at all costs.”

That’s one of the prime reasons Cain needs to be the GOP nominee. The GOP has the opportunity to divide the Black vote and deprive the Democrats of a part of their most loyal voters. Currently the GOP just wants the power no matter what the costs or the effects on America as a republic.

[driftdiver]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2814614/posts

Cain’s accuser is a lesbian. Her ex says the accuser never mentioned Cain.

[CASchack]

Oh, come on. That’s like saying that a married man never told his wife about having a girlfriend on the side.

[fatnotlazy]

Sadly, we continue to allow the major parties to pick our leaders for us. We the People just don’t count anymore.

[driftdiver]

Ahh so you’ll trust the word of a proven low life.

good to know

[Guenevere]

Then why is there a thread on FR stating that Cain’s attorney is requesting to see the phone records of this woman?

[DeaconRed]

If one had any brain at all they would show up for a court date. Loosing by default is STUPID STUPID STUPID.
It can't be appealed Nothing can be done except pay up and weep.

[mkjessup]

It seems like you are saying that “we have to nominate a black candidate once we have a black candidate, otherwise we will be labeled as racists”.
Are you really saying that?

I'm saying that we ALL have to recognize that if for some reason Herman Cain is NOT the nominee, nor on the ticket as VP candidate, that the 'Rats will use that like a sledgehammer. They will do a 180 degree turn and the Herman Cain who today is an 'Uncle Tom', a 'Step n' Fetchit', etc., will be immediately transformed into the second coming of Martin Luther King, just you wait and see.

[Nifster]

Cain is the only one BECAUSE the liberal left and the moderate right have ‘race’ issues. They actually believe the stereotypes that have been propagated in the past about the voracious sexual appetite of the dak skinned races. Cain is a huge threat to them much more so than any ‘white’ guy or gal

[samtheman]

So what that MEANS is, in effect, that now that ONE of our candidates is black, then we MUST choose him because if we don’t then the “rats will use that like a sledgehammer”.

So once we have ANY black candidate then we have NO OTHER CANDIDATES, by your reasoning.

That is so far beyond simple Affirmative Action that I think you’re on the verge of a brand new principle: Affirmative PreDestination.

No thanks.

I think I’ll stick with picking candidates the old fashioned way: evaluating each one as an individual.

But have at it. You might actually get famous for being the first one to come up with this if it catches on.

It is a novel idea. Just don’t sign me up.

[mkjessup]

Don't misread what I'm saying here. I am not at all advocating that we MUST nominate Herman Cain because he is black, far from it. I'm saying that BECAUSE Herman Cain is black (and especially because he IS conservative), we have to be mindful of the sorts of attacks that will be launched at the Republican Party IF he is not the nominee, nor on the ticket. Nothing more and nothing less.

For example, if Colin Powell had ended up as the nominee in '96 or even 2000 as VP to GWB, there would not have been any sort of furor because his liberal RINO credentials were already pretty much in order, so far as the lamestream media was concerned.

[samtheman]

Don't misread what I'm saying here. I am not at all advocating that we MUST nominate Herman Cain because he is black, far from it. I'm saying that BECAUSE Herman Cain is black (and especially because he IS conservative), we have to be mindful of the sorts of attacks that will be launched at the Republican Party IF he is not the nominee, nor on the ticket. Nothing more and nothing less.

I understand the distinction and to a certain extent I agree with it. All things being equal, I would choose the black conservative over the white conservative in a primary contest.

But the key thing is "all things being equal".

No 2 human beings are ever "equal".

So there are a lot of factors that go into the choice and only one of them (and not in the top 5, in my opinion) is "the race of the conservative candidate".

[Proudcongal]

IMO, as long as the Cains have been married, his wife knows if he had a 13-year affair. She KNOWS. As vindictive as Ginger White appears to be, if nothing else, she would have made sure of it just to cause problems. If these allegations are lies, Gloria will insist that Cain stand and fight to the end. If they are even somewhat true, no doubt, they will realize that there is no real defense and he will bow out, maybe not until after Iowa, but he will drop out.