The obvious, interesting thing about Cain's campaign reassessment is that it comes in the wake of an affair, and not after multiple sexual harassment murmurings. That Cain was able to weather sexual harassment claims but not reports of adultery says one of two things:
His wife of 43 years, Gloria Cain, probably had enough. I wouldn't be shocked if she gave him an ultimatum to either drop out and work on their marriage, or stay in the race and face divorce.
The other possibility is that donors probably dried up. After the sexual harassment charges, followed by the Libya fiasco, and an equally horrendous performance in the foreign policy debate, there was probably no money left in Cain 2012's Paypal account. Who in their right mind would donate to a dead in the water campaign?
Which leads to the next question. How the hell does Cain still have 15% of the vote? Who are these people. Sure, a month ago it was okay to vote for Cain. And yes, even with the tawdry charges brought against him, it was fair to look the other way. But when Cain seemed to have NO IDEA what was going on in Libya, and with ridiculously generic answers in the foreign policy debates, who could vote for this guy?
Additionally, his infamous 9-9-9 tax plan was said to have come from Sim City 2000. And now that I think about it, it rings true: Sim City always started the city off with 9% taxes across the board, which for the most part, generally worked well for my cities. Maybe Cain was on to something after all.
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