Former pizza magnate Herman Cain has decided Saturday to suspend his bid to become the U.S. Republican presidential nominee following allegations of sexual harassment and infidelity. Cain was greeted with loud cheers and music as he stepped out of his campaign bus in Atlanta holding his wife’s hand. Cain arrived at the event at what [...]
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December 4, 2011
December 2, 2011
Gingrich Tells ABC News: ‘I’m Going to Be the Nominee’
December 2, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Gingrich Tells ABC News: ‘I’m Going to Be the Nominee’ 01 Dec 2011 A very confident New Gingrich asserted to ABC News Thursday afternoon that he will be the Republican presidential nominee. “I’m going to be the nominee,” the former Speaker told ABC News. “It’s very hard not to [...]
November 5, 2011
Cain accuser decides not to speak
4 November 2011 Last updated at 23:05 GMT Joel Bennett has been involved his client’s sexual harassment claim since 1999 A woman who made a sexual harassment complaint against Herman Cain in the 1990s will not discuss the issue or her financial settlement, her lawyer says. Joel Bennett said that his client “sees no value [...]
October 28, 2011
For Herman Cain, the astroturf is sprouting | Ana Marie Cox
Joe, whose name is not Joe, the Plumber, who is not a licensed plumber, is running for Congress. But that doesn’t make Sam Joseph Wurzelbacher a politician, as I wrote here. Indeed he is running for office to save us from those in office: “Politicians keep playing politics with our lives,” he says. I wonder [...]
October 1, 2011
Polls Show Electorate Could Go Either Way in 2012
A new wave of survey research is providing valuable insight into the political climate and the prospects for President Obama holding onto his job in next year’s election. Here is a summary of five surveys from the past week that I consider among the most important, including my analysis of what it all means: 1. [...]
September 29, 2011
Rick Perry reaches out to GOP activists in bid to get campaign back on track
Rick Perry, the Texas governor and Republican presidential nominee, has backed away from calling critics of more the liberal aspects of his immigration policy “heartless” as he seeks to reassure activists and donors that his once-soaring campaign is not faltering. Perry’s poll numbers have slumped in the wake of attacks from his party’s right wing [...]