Herman Cain may be out for the count. The pizza mogul turned politician told senior staffers at a conference call this morning that he is reassessing his campaign and will decide whether he stays or goes in the next few days. Cain has been plagued by numerous accusations of sexual harassment, womanizing and extramarital affairs in the past few weeks. A woman named Ginger White told Fox 5 Atlanta that Cain ended their 13 year affair shortly before he began his campaign. His numbers have plummeted and his base has seemingly disappeared. How did it all unravel so fast for the little engine that could?
His was a political rags to riches story that even Horatio Alger would marvel at. A man with no real political background who shot to the forefront of the GOP race seemingly from nowhere. He portrayed a more common man than Romney and a more daring man than Perry. Republican voters could identify with him because, while he wasn’t exactly like them, he wasn’t a politician either. He was some kind of strange middle ground, but it’s obvious now that his luck is just about run out.
It all started just as soon as it began. At least four women – two who chose to remain anonymous – have come forward with claims of sexual harassment from the candidate. Ginger White is the only person to claim a long lasting affair with Cain. Throughout October he was leading the Republican polls, but towards the end of the month the allegations began to come forward. One he could hide from, two he could settle. But when the third and fourth came, Cain started to sweat around the collar. Ginger White was the proverbial nail in the coffin.
The really disturbing part about all this is that the support that Cain once had now belongs to the next Republican flavor of the week: Newt Gingrich. The thrice married adulterer Gingrich, a would-be career politician if he hadn’t been voted out so long ago, stands to profit from the sexual misconduct of Herman Cain. If that’s not irony, I don’t know what is.
Regardless, the Cain Train has run its course right off the tracks. He seldom really knew what he was talking about (see his thoughts on Libya), he worked his hardest at eradicating the middle class and he believed with all his might that he could get away with anything. And while it’s not official yet, Cain is sure to throw in the towel and call it a day. The little engine that could found out the hard way what happens to people who think they’re invincible: they get crushed and tossed aside like an empty beer can you see lying in a gutter.
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