interview and thought it was uncalled for. and the romney staff was particularly whiney after cnn s security debate so much so it made me wonder if they knew something we didn t. here s tonight s truth. if there is a romney collapse, you will trace the roots of the unraveling back to this week. whining is not sim non nom this with winning. team romney senses a disruption in the force. that united states a week ago. things aren t getting better from the romney perspective. a new florida poll shows romney 30 points behind newt gingrich. herman cain s campaign is teetering and its collapse could help gingrich consolidate the anti-romney vote in the early key gop battlegrounds. if you need more proof the republican race has a new front-runner, watch here. ron paul turning his attention to gingrich. i think he s getting a free ride and i ve worked with him for a long time and i think that the points i made on various issues he s a flip-flopper. he can hardly beat me on terms o
sexual harassment, some anonymous, and now this woman has come forward. it is not illegal but when you are trying to draw that distinction, to explain what the difference is, you are in deep water. that s right. and because he s denied everything so far it s a question of credibility. i think we heard him also tonight outline for the first time a possible exit strategy from the campaign when he said look, i don t want to give in because that would be this whole political establishment winning here. but if it gets to the point it s hurting my family then i would have to consider it. that s the first late he s offered here. to me it suggests that as this all plays out, he will have to see how his family re acts to it and inject another element in his decision making. everyone is looking at the picture of his wife, gloria, who we interviewed here and who is a very sweet woman and he s got some explaining to do at home if it s true. he certainly does. if he s denying it flat out that
anoninous and this is a woman who comes forward. but this is not, quote, illegal. but when you are in a position of explaining what the difference is, you are in deep water. that s right. because he has denied everything so far, it gets questions of credibility. i think we have heard him outline for the first time, a possible exit strategy from the campaign had he said, look, i don t want to give in because that would be the political establishment winning here, but if it s hurting my family, i have to consider this. this is the first daylight he has offered here and to me, it suggests as this place out, he will have to see how his family reacts to it and inject another element into the decision making. i can tell you, every woman in the country is looking at the video of his wife, gloria, who we interviewed here and who is a very, very sweet woman. he has some explaining to do at home go it s true. he certainly does. if he s denying it flat out,
foreign miscues on libya and other things, is it really worth this to drag this out? one assumes that the assessment the campaign is undergoing now has to do with what is a reasonable exit strategy. megyn: this woman has gone public in a piece that was obtained by a fox affiliate, by an investigative team. unlike some other accusers who suggests that he sexually harassed them, she is be on the tv showing the cellphone and the viewers have an opportunity to look at her on calm are and make an assessment for themselves whether or not she is credible much here is a sample of the sound bite she gave. it s pretty simple, it wasn t complicated. i was wear that he was married, and i was also aware that i was involved in a very inappropriate situation. i didn t want to do this. but it was something that i felt at the end of the day was the right thing to do, and is it
herman cain s denials to be true. is there any way out of this? is there light at the end of the tunnel besides an exit strategy? he needs to explain this entirely and find a way to discredit them. discredit or well, he has to explain why the contact happened and why there are motivations behind why the person is making it up and he has to get off the topic again. he has speeches he will be talking about for yen policy. you have to talk about specifics and can t be out there preemptively denying charges by people who are continuing to come out of the woodwork. let s say this woman has a rather taudry background. she made a statement, i m not proud. and it isn t as though she didn t know what she was up to, if it is in fact true, but suppose she has a shady impact, does that have any political impact or is that not relevant?