Paul Waldman is skeptical that the massive Libya flub will hurt the Hermanator. Like Philip Klein, E.J. Dionne thinks coverage of the Libya issue misses Cain's larger mistake:
National Review’s “The Corner,” essential online reading for conservatives, summarized Cain’s comments with this headline: “Cain Supports Collective Bargaining for Public Employees.” That headline will damage Cain among conservatives more than anything written about his Libya meltdown. Among Republican primary voters these days, you can survive sexual harassment charges for a while, and you might even be forgiven some gaffes. But you can’t give an inch to unions.
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