Politics is about being prepared and being in charge of the message of the day. Cain hasn't been in charge of the message since this entire issue unfolded. And worst of all, his campaign was given ten days notice by Politico that they were coming out with the story.
You have to decide what you're going to do about the accusations. You make a plan. And you execute the plan. Horrible.
Anc compare this to the way that the Clinton campaign managed the Jennifer Flowers "bimbo eruption". (And remember, that story came at a much more critical time -- between his loss in the Iowa caucuses and the N.H. primary.) These guys are rank amateurs. To say that they're small fish in a big pond is a disservice to actual small fish.
And this is just what I posted about a few days ago. The establishment Republicans have to decapitate the Cain campaign. They know that they have an excellent chance of recapturing the Whitehouse if they can just get a decent candidate through the primaries. But they also now realize that they have created something of a Frankenstein monster with the TeaNuts. Cain has about as much chance of winning this election as my old Tom cat. And the establishment R's will stop at nothing to keep him from winning the nomination.
Paradoxically, they have so conditioned the Republican faithful to distrust everything that they read, that this seems to be actually helping Cain at this early interval!!
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...way-442187706/ (Of course this is Rasmussen and should be read with a ton so skepticism)
http://www.neontommy.com/news/2011/1...sidential-poll