11/4/11, "Poll: Support for Cain rises," Don Surber
"They must have flipped their wigs at Politico this morning. Barack Obama’s online Baghdad Bob reported that the National Restaurant Association settled for less than $50,000 a lawsuit filed against Herman Cain in the 1990s.
Now a Washington Post/ABC News poll taken from Monday to Thursday after Politico reported on a sexual harassment lawsuit shows Republican support for Herman Cain is up 6 from the previous poll a month ago.
All that oppo research may be for naught as 3 out of 4 Republicans said they could not care less about the nearly 15-year-old news.
To put the settlement in perspective, Bill Clinton settled up with Paula Jones for every penny she asked for — $850,000, or more than 17 times this settlement.
Whatever Politico was peddling, Republicans are not buying it. In the September 29-October 2 Washington Post/ABC News poll it was Mitt Romney 25%, Herman Cain 17%, Rick Perry 17%. In this October 31-November 3 poll, it is Mitt 25%, Cain 23%, Perry 14%. Newt Gingrich went up from 9% to 12% in this poll.
From the Washington Post: “But the potential threat to his burgeoning campaign is evident as well, with Cain slipping to third place among those who see the charges as serious, and Republican women significantly more likely than men to say the scandal makes them less apt to support Cain.”
Yes, there is a potential threat. There is also a potential threat if we discover BaracK Obama is a serial killer.
Here is what the poll asked: “It’s been reported that two female employees accused Cain of making unwanted sexual advances in the 1990s, and they received financial payments to leave the trade association he headed at the time. Cain says he was falsely accused and never sexually harassed anyone.
- Do you think this is a serious matter, or not serious?”
- 39% said not serious. 55% said serious. 6% had no opinion.
That was followed by: “Does this situation make you (more) likely to vote for Cain for president, (less likely), or doesn’t it make a difference in your vote?”
- 4% said more likely.
- 23% said less likely.
- 69% said no difference.
- 4% had no opinion."
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