out in the field yet. i think the silence about cain is telling. romney made a point to say the allegations were disturbing but didn t go there last night. you saw the reaction of the crowd and i think maria bartiromo stayed steady, went ahead and asked the question that had to be asked in the debate. a rival campaign told me, here s the deal on cain, we re going to step back and wait and hope that his supporters reluctantly come to the conclusion that he can t win and then we hope to be able to inherit that support. that s the game plan right now. nobody wants to take on cain, they want to let this sort of settle in and do the damage. mark haleprin, what was the reaction to cain at the debate last night? when you talked to cain supporters after? you know, cain supporters are still with him. they were very much with him in the hall. and if you didn t know about the controversy. if you d been blocked from that and you took that one question on and you looked at the rest of his ans