It’s not just the sexual assault angle I’m looking at, it’s also the “strong taking advantage of the weak” angle as well. At a time when folks are pissed at the “1%” for using their power to push around weak folks, you have allegations that Cain, a powerful businessman, was extorting sex for favors.

The Right will circle the wagons, but as noted earlier, it’s going to turn into a circular firing squad. The more they try to defend Cain, the more distasteful they become to everybody else.