The Cain Campaign: Massive Fail 101
Herman Cain’s probably going to announce his bail-out on Friday late in the afternoon, the traditional dumping hour for news stories that are trying to go relatively unnoticed. Because, let’s face it, he can’t go on much longer; his campaign has been one unbelievably ridiculous joke right from the start.
Herman Cain is in the midst of “reassessing” whether to continue his 2012 bid, but its legacy is already settled: His campaign will go down as one of the most hapless and bumbling operations in modern presidential politics, setting a new standard for how to turn damaging press coverage into something far worse.
The botched responses to allegations of marital infidelity, sexual impropriety and his own gaffes — not to mention the puzzling strategic decisions — have, in the eyes of many veteran strategists, reached record levels of ineptitude.
It’s an operation that has repeatedly contradicted its own candidate, leveled baseless charges and put Cain in difficult political spots with little apparent forethought.
Frank says: