geraldo. what we have been able to do is put together statements what has come into the news. gordon is the communications director spent a lot of time recently on a tour bus. i know the campaign people pretty well. it's not a very large staff. what he is saying this evening and we can put this up on the screen this is my official response. fearing the message of herman cain who is taking up the political landscape in washington inside the beltway media have become to launch unsubstantiated personal attacks on cain dredging up thinly sourced allegations as chief executive officer at the national restaurant association of the 1990s. they are casting aspersions on his character and spreading rumors that never stood up to facts. let me tell you how the story progressed a little bit today geraldo. we knew from the steak out earlier at one of the events where remember man cane was