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Are going to say, enoughs enough? i have my suspicions that the first story about the accusations was probably planted by one of those party elders because they wanted -- or they understood cains candidacy was very soft. >> does that matter? i mean, you have a line of women that are coming out with accusations. this is the answer that cain gave yesterday about possible future allegations. >> you go through life and you believe that you have some people that are friends and when someone that appe...

So, yeah, i think sam is absolutely right that they wanted that story, that narrative thrust. that trajectory was going to be circumvented by a couple things, first of all, that herman cain wasnt that deep and secondly, he dismissed the necessity to have the experience the president needed like uzbekistan or whatever that is, and to dismiss the need for foreign policy information, ill leave it up to my generals. pretty quickly it became apparent herman cain wasnt ready for primetime. >> gentleme...

We should restore the old rate. thats my feeling. and if the payroll tax cut expires, 100 million households would see a tax increase. today the republicans finally woke up and said theyd go along with a tax cut for the middle class, but theyre still protecting the .2%. >> i think at the end of the day, theres a lot of sentiment in our conference, clearly a majority of sentiment for continuing the payroll tax relief we enacted a year ago in these tough times. we believe with this kind of deficit...

Is in a fix here and, of course, newt gingrich is in no better position, no superior, morally, position, to reprimand him, but at the same time, i think whats interesting here is newts philosophy is get all your stuff out, put it on the table, let it be transparent. you have to celebrate that. i think in herman cains case, as with many republicans and many conservatives, there is th veneer of a moral perfectionism but its undercut by all of our humanity because none of us can measure up to that....

Percent of support he had and it was bound to go as soon as there was problems. >> i think the quest for that story, itself, is a shallow approach to a broader political landscape. so to speak. so, yeah, i think sam is absolutely right that they wanted that story, that narrative thrust. that trajectory was going to be circumvented by a couple things, first of all, that herman cain wasnt that deep and secondly, he dismissed the necessity to have the experience the president needed like uzbekistan...

Here, fights, plays offense and convince people the values in the political party -- >> that would be rick santorum because hes the only one whos been on here. early on herman cain was here. rick santorum got on here and talked about manufacturing and creating jobs. look, you have to face it. the republican candidates go to fox news. they go to safe haven. they dont want any confrontation whatsoever. >> its hurting them. >> why is it hurting them? >> its hurting them, ed, because a lot of republ...

About playing defense. theyre all playing the prevent offense. the one thing our focus group told us last night they are tired of, theyre tired of hearing like pundits like you talk about how no conservative has laid a glove on mitt romney. they want someone to lay a glove on mitt romney. they feel like if you wont stand up for mitt romney when its in your best interests then you wont stand up for the ed schultz of the world when its in our interest. >> the reason no one has laid a glove on mitt...

Tree house. the two-month-old camp was dismantled after a deadline passed for protesters to leave. to philadelphia where 52 protesters were arrested after refusing to leave a street near city hall. protesters were ordered to leave in part because of a $50 million renovation project is slated to begin at the city hall plaza next month. and we have an update on 24-year-old scott olson. that is the iraq war veteran who suffered a fractured skull at an occupy protest in oakland last month. witnesses...

is i dont even have to pretend to try to be nice to people i dont like. now, some of you may not think ive been good at it, but ive been trying. >> barney frank trying to be nice to people or fairly regularly failing to be nice to people while making his political point, that has been one of the great spectacles of american politics. one of great spectacles of american legislating for the entire time he has been in congress. >> apparently i had some secret influence over the republican...

and he put his life on the line for america in iraq and was struck down during the occupy oakland protest. >> [ bleep ]. >> tonight, scott olson joins me exclusively for his first live television interview since leaving the hospital. good to have you with us tonight, folks. the strange candidacy of herman cain is on borrowed time. cain told senior staff today he is reassessing his campaign. this is the wake of an atlanta woman alleging a 13-year affair with cain. cain has denied the ...