Cain Able to Slap Down Made Up Scandal

As to the question does Herman Cain survive the alleged sexual misconduct incident the answer is yes and deservedly so. I have not been especially kind to the Cain campaign and cannot rate its performance above a "C". One comes away from the Politico piece with no less respect for Herman Cain and considerably less respect for the law. Perhaps it is time to look at that statute and the American Disabilities Act as both being little more than a make work projects for tort lawyers.

Speaking to Greta Van Susteren, Cain states that one of the woman he knew only vaguely and that their offices were on the same floor and once he said she was about the same height as his wife. Cain can't recall anything about the other woman in the case. Aside from a sense of outrage at these two nameless hags there is nothing to take away from the story. There are hardly any facts, names, dates, or locations coming from Politico - just a headline. To judge the political damage to Cain one should remember that he has already peaked and started to decline marginally in the latest polls. His run up in the polls is simply to fast to sustain so when he declines it might be attributed to this incident rather than the normal statistical ebb and flow. Cain came into the race a long shot and has hugely exceed everyone's expectations. His success against long odds engender feelings of warmth sort of like Nancy Grace does when she Dances with the Stars and his followers have every right to demand that he be judged on his campaign not on some imagined injustice. As usual Charles Krauthammer has a discerning insight.