that s right. and given enough time he can transcend them. all right. cain as a lawyer issued a statement, this appears to be an accusation of private alleged is consensual conduct between adults. mr. cain alerted his wife and discussed it with her. he has no obligation to discuss these types of accusations publicly with the media. paul, true? be on the ballot in nevada on february 4th. he s in over ten states he filed. the herman cain train is full speed ahead. he s got precinct captains in iowa ready to nominate him. the herman cain train is moving full steam ahead. i think that s not only healthy he is a rocket scientist. he worked for the navy. graduated from moore house college. pro-life man and all of that. this really boils down to if you have two african-american men in the general election with opposing political views, the race card goes away. there can be no question of race. they re both black men. and it will change that base. many people who voted for mr. o
i m erin burnett. outfront, we begin with breaking news. herman cain losing key support in new hampshire one day after a georgia woman claims she had a 13-year affair with the candidate. one new hampshire state representative, william panic, confirming to outfront that he was withdrawing his support for cain and switching to newt gingrich. adding the alleged affair was quote, the final straw. and within the last hour, the presidential candidate sending a message to his supporters. and i read it in part, quote, this woman s story is completely false. i am asking for your friendship. i am also asking for your prayers and support. this is a trying time for my family, my campaign, and for me. i m looking at the letter here which concludes with, the ability to buy herman cain t-shirts and donate money. money is what this is going to come down to. cain s plea for support comes after telling staffers this morning that he is, quote, reassessing his campaign. a top campaign aide t
conservative electable candidate. well, okay. and so the manchester union leader believes that candidate they clearly didn t. they clearly didn t. you say they clearly didn t. they think he s the most conservative guy. these are smart people. and they think newt s the guy. we all know that. let s not act like they re not. so let me ask you, chuck todd, do you think i mean it s actually not what you think. i don t know exactly how to put this. i knew a year ago that sarah palin wasn t going to be the nominee when everybody else was saying she was going to be the nominee. same with trump, the same with when bachmann rose up. you read all the articles she could be the one this year. we knew that wasn t going to happen. i knew immediately perry wasn t going to make it. i knew immediately cain wasn t going to make it. i feel the same about newt.
he says, quote, it is just frustrating that herman cain is going around bad-mouthing the two complainants and my client is blocked by a confidentiality agreement. although bennet told the post he couldn t remember the accused was herman cain and said it was settled quickly by fax and phone and herman cain recounted what starts like a drawn-out process. it started out making some huge claims for sexual harassment. i do recall that she was asking for a large sum of money. i don t remember what that sum of money was but as the review of this moved forward, that sum of money negotiate my attorney negotiating with her attorney got less and less and less, because her attorney figured out she didn t a valid claim. cain and the lawyer may have two differing accounts of reaching a settlement with this woman or talking about two different complaints. remember, when politico broke the story on the weekend, the lead is two women complained of inappropriate behavior by cain. herm
as part of the settlement with the national restaurant association, where herman cain was her boss in the late 90s. the new york post spoke to her lawyer, joel bennet. he says, quote, it is just frustrating that herman cain is going around bad-mouthing the two complainants and my client is blocked by a confidentiality agreement. although bennet told the post he couldn t remember the accused was herman cain and said it was settled quickly by fax and phone and herman cain recounted what starts like a drawn-out process. it started out making some huge claims for sexual harassment. i do recall that she was asking for a large sum of money. i don t remember what that sum of money was but as the review of this moved forward, that sum of money negotiate my attorney negotiating with her attorney got less and less and less, because her attorney figured out she didn t a valid claim. cain and the lawyer may have two differing accounts of reaching a settlement with this woman