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‘Cain Solutions’ Still to Come Patrick BrennanDecember 03, 2011 2:44 PM In a scheduled announcement today, Herman Cain “suspended” his campaign, weighed down by proliferating allegations about sexual harassment and infidelity. In his speech, he explained that he would end his run for president, but would continue promoting his unique solutions and policy views, through a website, thecainsolutions.com.As of today, the site lacks content, only offering a chance to subscribe “to be notified when the full site goes live.” It doesn’t suggest much about what kind of policies it will be meant to promote, only stating that “The PEOPLE will...

Herman Cain, the insurgent populist whose candidacy has been ensnared by allegations of sexual impropriety, said Saturday that he is leaving the race for the Republican presidential nomination, saying that the allegations have cast a "cloud of doubt over me and this campaign." "As of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, I am suspending my presidential campaign," he said at an event in Atlanta. "I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt . . . on me, on my family, not because we are not fighters, not because I am not...

Former pizza magnate Herman Cain dropped out of the presidential race on Saturday after accusations of sexual misconduct overwhelmed his bid to win the Republican nomination as an anti-Washington tax reformer. Cain's departure set off a competition among other candidates to win over his conservative supporters with voting to start next month in the race to determine the Republicans' presidential pick for 2012 to oppose President Barack Obama. Cain, a former Godfather's Pizza chief executive, told followers in his hometown of Atlanta that "false and unproved" sexual accusations had forced him to suspend his White House bid. He said he...