cain has been battling serious image problems. he s accused of sexual misconduct and have a 13-year extramarital affair. here is how cain ended his campaign. so as of today, with a lot of prayer and soul searching, i am suspended my presidential campaign. given the recent accusations of extramarital affairs, was this cain s best recourse? cnn s wolf blitzer joining us now on the phone from hollywood, florida. wolf, was this cain s best option? you know, under the circumstances, he really didn t have any other choice. his poll numbers had really gone down over the past few weeks since the first allegations of sexual harassment by four separate women came forward and when this other woman alleged a 13-year extramarital affair. the money was drying up, the poll numbers were going down. in october, he was in the mid-20s among republican likely caucusgoers in iowa. now he s down to 8%, some were suggesting he was going down to 4%. it looked like it was all over. and it obvio
a huge jump in the polls where he led at times. boy, it rained down on him. not just allegations about sexual harassment or long-term affairs but about his knowledge of the issues. so ron bonjean, let me bring you in in these final moments. now he s going to set up this website. we can read nothing into this, can we, other than it s over. that s exactly right. it was a very good speech. a perfect exit speech. he had us all hinging on what he was going to do. i thought the segue to the website was smart. it gave him a place to go. the fact he has an endorsement he can give to other another republican primary candidate is key for him. he s an excellent speaker. so i thought, you know, in this final moment for him on the presidential trail, it was probably one of his best moments. my thanks to ron bonjean, republican strategist, to my colleagues, shannon travers in atlanta, joe johns here with me in washington. i m going to bow out and leave you in the capable hands of fre