two and says other evidence as well. but not getting in specific details. the response, ray sullivan saying, "no one at our campaign was involved in the story in any way." any claim to the contrary is patently false." the first we learned of it is when we led the story in politico." kurt anderson has a similar reaction saying that is the first he learned of it. saying i never heard of the allegation until he read them in politico. and went on to say herman cain is upstanding man and gentleman and he wouldn't speak ill of him on or off the record. what about the story and how it affects the race? bring in the panel. fred barnes, mara liasson of national public radio. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. fred, it has been an interesting couple of days. your take? >> for the last couple of days, the cain campaign appear to set records for being off