Earlier today, the increasingly iconic figure, Cain campaign manager Mark Block, walked back accusations that the Perry campaign was behind the revelation of the sexual harassment settlements at the NRA. But on Hannity’s radio show, Cain himself dug in:
He accused Politico, which broke the story, of not having documentation for it. He accused the lawyer for one of his accusers of seeking fame. And he repeated his charge that Mr. Perry’s supporters were trying to undermine his campaign.
“He’s out there trying to stir up some stuff because he’s out there trying to get famous and make some money,” Mr. Cain said of the lawyer, Joel P. Bennett.
Asked whether he still thought Mr. Perry’s campaign planted the report, he said, “Let’s just say, there aren’t enough breadcrumbs that we can lay down that leads us anywhere else at this point in time.”
And now we also have the lovely example above of Rush Limbaugh – yes Rush Limbaugh – accusing others of fomenting scabrous racial stereotypes. And meanwhile, Cain has actually shown a minute gain in the latest polls, and has a ten point lead in South Carolina, and a five point lead in Iowa.
(By the way, has anyone else noticed that the color that RealClearPolitics has chosen for Santorum in their poll of polls chart is, er, brown.)
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