race that could make a difference for better or worse. it s pretty obvious that most people have concluded that cain isn t telling the full truth about these women. and, of course, for newt gingrich in particular, given his background with three marriages and adultery, i don t know that this will necessarily help him. and, shep, ironically, he still could effect the vote in the first three prime minister states because in new hampshire, south carolina, and florida, he will be on the ballot. shepard: he didn t quit. he suspended his campaign. you can explain the significance of this distinction? there really isn t a difference, shep. whatever language you use is just language. i m suspending my campaign, i m ending it. i m throwing the whole kit and caboodle off the bridge. you can t terminate the campaign until you meet the fec criteria for doing that retiring your debt and obligations. can get federal matching funds. it can take years to terminate a campaign. bill clinton and
good to have you here. you say that cain s arrogance did the campaign in than any other factor. explain how you mean that. i think it s undoubtedly true. the conventional wisdom on herman cain for a long time is that he s not a serious candidate. he s in this to sell copies of his book or to jack up his speaking fees once this all comes to a crashing end. so on and so forth. i guess i kind of subscribe to that for a little while. then i read his book. this is herman cain. which if you read it, by the way, thomas, i don t recommend that you do that. you probably have better things to spend your time on. if you read this book, which i did, you see from page 1 just a supreme narcissism that leaps off the page. it s very clear that this guy did not regard his candidacy has a joke. had fact, he regarded all the other candidates as a joke. assumed he was going to be the president of the united states. pretty astonishing little document. i did download the free sample on my ipad. that was
university marching band under investigation for the death of a student. we ll hear from mothers of two band members. and the blame game and herman cain. it s always someone else s fault, and he s not alone. it s our no talking points segment. these false and unproved allegations continue to be spined in the media. it s all right here right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. winter is coming. occupy protesters have been getting ready. this plastic bubble recently went up in buffalo, new york. it was donated by supporters so demonstrators can stay warm and dry. in portland, oregon, police moved in when people set up camping tents. but the real drama today has been in washington. police and protesters have been in a standoff over a wooden building that went up overnight. let s get to cnn s athena jones. athena? hi, don. you know, this ended just a little while ago with the police finally being able to take down the last protester who wa
the prestigious florida a&m university marching band under investigation for the death of a student. we ll hear from mothers of two band members. and the blame game and herman cain. it s always someone else s fault, and he s not alone. it s our no talking points segment. these false and unproved allegations continue to be spinned in the media. it s all right here right now on cnn. good evening. i m don lemon. thank you for joining us. winter is coming. occupy protesters have been getting ready. this plastic bubble recently went up in buffalo, new york. it was donated by supporters so demonstrators can stay warm and dry. in portland, oregon, police moved in when people set up camping tents. 19 people were arrested. but the real drama today has been in washington. police and protesters have been in a standoff over a wooden building that went up overnight. let s get to cnn s athena jones. athena? hi, don. you know, this ended just a little while ago with the police fin
democrat machine, and the women themselves for this controversy. the only person that cain isn t blaming is himself. joining me now is nia malika henderson a the washington post national reporter who also writes for their election 2012 blog, and dana milbank, national political reporter for the washington post. thank you both for joining me. thank you, reverend. thank you. do you expect more to be added to his blame list? at this point it s hard to keep track of who is on there. of course, you mentioned this latest episode of mark block pointingsh he hasn t worked there since 2010. they have since backed off and said they had misinformation, bad information. really they didn t have any information at all. this seems to be something they made up out of thin air, but