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Something in the mail in next couple months. jenna: rick, thank you. jon: right now at least two women claiming herman cain sexually harassed them will be appearing a the a joint news conference they say. there is no word when it is going to happen. yesterday cain defended himself against allegations that have engulfed his campaign. a new poll shows the scandal seems to be affecting cain s image. according to gallup, his latest positive intensity score dropped to 25. that s lower than his rating before the allegations surfaced. fox news contributor nina easton is a washington columnist for fortune magazine. nina, so far the allegations don t seem to have a lot of proof behind them. they are very vocal, very public but not a whole lot of proof. but it is affecting the cain campaign. i think the story moved into a danger zone for two reasons for cain. first of all it has gone from allegations to a credibility issue. so cain yesterday came out ....
These are not things serious candidates for the president of the united states say. let s take a look at what he said in politico today who wrote, now that cain, buoyed by bulging poll numbers, is demanding to be viewed as a credible contender for the gop nomination, cain s greatest peril is that primary rivals and journalists and the political world broadly will grant that wish. very little in recent days suggests that cain is adequately prepared for the coming test on his understanding of foreign policy, on his advisers, the origin of his most provocative ideas. and not to put too fine a point on it, on whether he has a factual command of issues equal to what would be expected of the typical congressional candidate. dana, i was stunned and i will remain stunned, how somebody running for president of the united states in the wake of this disastrous war in iraq would not know what the phrase neo-conservative, it was a great tribute to david gregory, our colleague, to put the questio ....
It s come down to the president, who s got real political challenges facing him, dana, real challenges in terms of unemployment. normally, the kind of number that would cause you to be defeated in an objective sense. and then you ve got mitt romney, who has already been rejected roundly by the political party. has nothing to do with the political movement that s dominating the republican party. in fact, they detest him. and you have this guy that has no political experience and proving it every minute. yesterday cain was asked whether he has campaign was serious. what a question. here was his answer. let s watch. one myth is that i m not in this race to win it. that i m just trying to get my profile up so i can get a tv show or a radio show. if you know herman cain, you know that that s nothing is further from the truth. if you don t believe me, i invite you to get a copy of my new book, this is herman cain, you know, if you can find one, because they are selling like hot cakes. ....
That scrutiny. i think lounge act is a great way to describe this, to this point. i don t think he is, but he s acting like it. the jokes he keeps telling, dana, suggest he s not serious. i m not saying he s not a serious person. he obviously is. it bugs me that he doesn t seem to be taking it seriously. right. he has exploited this process. it s less of a primary process right now than some part of a primal screen. when you have one protest after another, whether it s going to be bachmann or cain or perry. and i think steve is right about new hampshire being as the saucer that s going to cool this down. that s certainly what the aforementioned jon huntsman is hoping by putting all his eggs here. look, romney is a far more reasonable choice than a lot of these other characters, and he s 30-something points ahead here in new hampshire. huntsman looks like israeli compared to this crowd. and that means good, by the way. up next, one of the leaders in the movement to cure homosexu ....
Make a lot of sense. you ve got to wonder about our democracy. it s come down to the president, who s got real political challenges facing him, dana, real challenges in terms of unemployment. normally, the kind of number that would cause you to be defeated in an objective sense. and then you ve got mitt romney, who has already been rejected roundly by the political party. has nothing to do with the political movement that s dominating the republican party. in fact, they detest him. and you have this guy that has no political experience and proving it every minute. yesterday cain was asked whether he has campaign was serious. what a question. here was his answer. let s watch. one myth is that i m not in this race to win it. that i m just trying to get my profile up so i can get a tv show or a radio show. if you know herman cain, you know that that s nothing is further from the truth. if you don t believe me, i invite you to get a copy of my new book, this is herman cain, you kno ....