Cain: You’ll Know In A Week Whether I’m Still A Candidate
From TPM:
Herman Cain’s been flailing in trying to explain whether his comments about undergoing a campaign ‘reassessment’ mean he’s thinking of dropping out. His Wednesday afternoon interview with Fox News’ Neil Cavuto will do little to clarify things, but it did provide some remarkable moments. Some of the highlights:
Cain said that this was all happening because he is ‘the Democrats’ worst nightmare.’ He claimed it was no coincidence that the stories started to come out as ‘my star was shining and rising.’ Cain stressed he didn’t have complete clarity on the murky forces that might lie behind the conspiracy facing him, but he did come up with the following:
‘Maybe the Democrats want Gingrich to win the nomination so they can then go after his personal live but they need to knock me out now. That’s just a hypothesis.’