Herman Cain Drops Out

Herman Cain announced on Saturday that he will suspend his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Cain’s campaign suspension comes after another allegation arose early this week. This time, it was not another sexual harassment allegation, but a woman claiming to have carried on an extra-marital affair with Cain for 13 years, right up to the point of Cain announcing his run for president. The timing for ending the affair is particularly interesting since it would seem that Cain chose to end it knowing full well his life would suddenly be viewed with additional scrutiny. Of course, it’s also worth pointing out that Cain fended off four separate sexual harassment charges and stayed in the race, yet this alleged affair is what ultimately drove him to end his bid. There will be much speculation as to why this latest allegation is the straw that broke Cain’s back.

And I think this is interesting for a couple of reasons. It may be something that slowing slinks into the shadows and we never hear of Herman Cain again (except in the tabloids of course). Now that Cain is out of the race people might stop digging. Maybe there’s nothing left to be dug up. If that is the case, I think Cain will stick to the promise he made to his supporters, that he’s not going anywhere. I think the chances are pretty good that if President Obama wins re-election next year that Herman Cain will run again in 2016. But that’s only if these allegations of sexual harassment turn out to be false, which is doubtful considering the National Restaurant Association (NRA) paid out settlements to the victims, or at the least we’ve seen the last of these allegations; and also this claim of the 13-year affair was nothing more than a conniving, deceitful lie, which also looks unlikely as this woman has records of a phone number with several calls and texts that Cain responded to when reached from that number by the media. Should any of these be true, especially the accusation of the affair then we can discount Cain from entering the 2016 race. If Cain is telling the truth though, that these things are part of a character assassination and hold no truth, then I do not think we’ve seen the last of Herman Cain.