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Title: Cain's Support Dips After Sex Accusations: Poll
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REUTERS
URL Source: http://news.yahoo.com/cains-favorab ... yc19nYWwEdmVyAzQyNmVkYzMwLTA4N
Published: Nov 6, 2011
Author: Steve Holland
Post Date: 2011-11-06 19:09:05 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 11788
Comments: 32
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Allegations that Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain sexually harassed women in the 1990s have begun to damage his bid for the White House, a Reuters/Ipsos poll found. The poll showed the percentage of Republicans who view Cain favorably dropped 9 percentage points, to 57 percent from 66 percent a week ago. Among all registered voters, Cain's favorability declined 5 percentage points, to 32 percent from 37 percent. The survey represents the first evidence that sexual harassment claims dating from Cain's time as head of the National Restaurant Association have taken a toll on his presidential campaign. A majority of respondents, 53 percent, believe sexual harassment allegations against Cain are true despite his denials. Republicans were less likely to believe they are true, with 39 percent thinking they are accurate. "The most striking thing is that Herman Cain is actually seeing a fairly substantial decline in favorability ratings toward him particularly among Republicans," said Ipsos pollster Chris Jackson. The 65-year-old Cain, a former pizza company executive with no experience in political office, has been running neck and neck with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney for the lead in polls of Republicans considering who will be the nominee to face Democratic President Barack Obama next year. At least three women have accused Cain of sexual harassment from his time as the restaurant industry's top lobbyist. Cain has given conflicting accounts of the cases since the news broke a week ago by news website Politico. He insists the claims were baseless and that he was wrongfully accused. But a woman who received a cash settlement from the restaurant association in response to her harassment claim rejected Cain's denials on Friday. She said through her lawyer that she was the victim of a "series of inappropriate behaviors and unwanted advances" by Cain in 1999. The allegations have received wide attention. The Reuters/Ipsos poll found more than 80 percent of respondents have heard of them. Republicans are the most aware, at 88 percent, while independents the least aware, at 64 percent. OPPONENTS SPEAK OUT One of Cain's Republican presidential adversaries on Sunday called for more information on the allegations. "It has got to come out in total," Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman told NBC's "Meet the Press" on Sunday. "Legitimate questions have been raised and that information has to come forward." Republican presidential candidate Ron Paul said on "Fox News Sunday" that the media went too far in covering the allegations, distracting voters from more important issues. "The media blew this way out of proportion," Paul said. "There are a thousand stories out there and I think that dilutes the real debates, because (Cain's) views on foreign policy for instance are dramatically different than mine." Four in 10 poll respondents said the harassment issue had made them less favorable toward Cain. About one in three Republicans, or 35 percent, said the controversy had made them less favorable toward Cain. Jackson said it may well be that the wave of support that carried the conservative Cain to the top of the Republican field was now cresting. "I think he is probably cresting now. I think this week, last week, were sort of the high-water mark," he said. The poll found that Romney, who is more a candidate of the Republican establishment, has a favorability among Republican voters of 63 percent, while rival Rick Perry, the Texas governor, is viewed favorably by 47 percent. Ipsos conducted the poll of 1,007 adults on Friday and Saturday by interviewing individuals via a U.S. online household panel. Since it was an online poll, typical margins of error do not apply. Despite that, various recognized methods were used to select as representative a sample as possible and weigh the results. (Additional reporting by Patrick Temple-West; Editing by Eric Beech)
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#1. To: Thunderbird (#0)
More accurate polling data coming out...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
No..its the tail end of a smear that went nowhere. Obama would have to work his butt off to get to Mr. Cain's approval rating.
Maybe he has a sexual harrassment charge in his past that would help him out. It's done wonders for Cain among the family values types.
"our blacks are so much better than their blacks" - (M)ann Coulter
IN a week or so when this charity stuff hits the fan he might wish it was back. That said, there is no such thing as a one week scandal in politics. It does not exist.
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Obama has had them...hell DumbDubv43 had them...
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Well there's always Larry Sinclair...;^)
Only in your fantasies. Don't you wonder why you have fantasies like that?
"our blacks are so much better than their blacks" - (M)ann Coulter
I'm not expecting to come back here, but you never know. My accounts turned on, Stone's censorship turns me off. Take care.
You do the same. This site is like a ghost town for many hours during the day. It's not much fun any more.
Take care. The only censorship is some personal attacks and nasty name calling. You have said you are not coming many many times now. If you want I will close your account to keep you honest.
Best.
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Why do you lie, Stone? Or do you forget your "Strike one" nonsense?
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Ain't THAT the truth. It's become DU-lite
__________________________________________________________________________________________ He'll be back. They always come back, Stone. Whats amusing is mikey's personal attacks lately don't even bother with a ping to the target.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
He took a bit of a hit in the polls, but its nothing to compare with 'real' sex scandals...Gary Hart, Clinton come to mind. The biggest loser in this isn't Cain, its Politico.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Wha...huh? On another forum you keep referring to Cain's situation as "allegations". They aren't allegations. It's a FACT that the Restaurant Association paid sexual harrasment settlements to three women. And there is no such thing as a "1 week scandal" in politics.
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
I have posted twice, now three times, as being polite to freinds, or explaining the obvious to you is not normal posting for me in here, it is closure. That piece I posted you didn't like because it shows a side of Israel you hate. My only purpose was to show an interesting accomidation the conservatives in Israel were making in supporting a vibrant gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community was to show an interesting political and social dinamic of that country. If they were not into trying to pander to libreral and progressive countries in the West, this would not be so. But little old you doesn't care to explore cultural nuances and what they mean to the overall picture in that part of the world because of your festering hatred. Instead of 'hating the sin and not the sinner" as Christians who are not liking homosexuality, you just want to harrass, harm and blight anyone like that personally. You even like to accuse people of being homosexual if they are tolerent of that permutation of human sexuality. I don't hate you, but I don't like being told that when I am developing a picture of what is going on over in the Middle East, that you are just going to censor because of your hatred and intolerence. Your petty vindictiveness is not something anyone in here deserves to have imposed on them. So, all in all, I don't plan on posting much here at all. I said nothing about posting for closure, or to pass something important to you or others here if situation warrants. So at ease the taunting. You made the situation by not seeing the point of the article. All you could see is your own bitter hatred and desire to be a control freak in here. You do what you want to do with my account as it is your place. But I mean what I say about going, and bear in mind that I was told like you once at 4UM that the group think didn't want me there and didn't post for over a year with that account turned on. And I only returned there when Crissy told me I could again. As I said, the account thre of mine was never turned off. If I was told not to post, I didn't. Here, it's my choice, hence this explanation to the seemingly clueless. Hope this helps you understand, have a good weekend, and take care. ;-)
The MSM doesn't give a rat's ass about Obama's gay pedophile Safe School Czar Kevin Jennings of Fistgate fame, why should they care about Larry Sinclair or Donald Young, the gay choir director boyfriend of Barry's he had murdered in 12/07?
Told you....rotflmao
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Awww...poor Gay Quay...the media is ignoring the rants of Moonbats like you... What a shame...that they did so during the Clinton adminstration...it's about time they treated you for the Loons that you are... PS: *YAWN*
I'll believe that a corporation is a person 1 second after Texas executes one...
Mr. Cain won the South Dakota straw poll over the weekend and he continues to lead by a substantial margin in Iowa. Someone is 'taking a hit' but I'm not sure it Herman Cain. Cheers.
Yep, and had his best fund raising week AFTER this stuff came up.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Which says loads about the tom cats supporting the GOP.
"ROTFLMAO... Perfect! She longs... for someone to Teabag her. a man that squats on top of a women's face and lowers his genitals into her mouth during sex, known as "teabagging" She aches for it"... ~~~JWpegler. Head Tea Bagger and Tea Party supporter extraordinaire, explicitly expressing his fantasies in public about other posters.
It's the party of Family Values, don't you know?
"our blacks are so much better than their blacks" - (M)ann Coulter
Is this supposed to mean something, coming from a Clinton supporter? lmao.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
lmao. I'm ashamed to say I voted for the evil Bush. But you tom cats hadn't quite taken the GOP over yet.
"ROTFLMAO... Perfect! She longs... for someone to Teabag her. a man that squats on top of a women's face and lowers his genitals into her mouth during sex, known as "teabagging" She aches for it"... ~~~JWpegler. Head Tea Bagger and Tea Party supporter extraordinaire, explicitly expressing his fantasies in public about other posters.
Bullshit, but we're used to that from you, ming. Run along.
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
Run along. You run along, since you rarely post here except when there is another breaking GOP scandal that needs some spin applied.
"ROTFLMAO... Perfect! She longs... for someone to Teabag her. a man that squats on top of a women's face and lowers his genitals into her mouth during sex, known as "teabagging" She aches for it"... ~~~JWpegler. Head Tea Bagger and Tea Party supporter extraordinaire, explicitly expressing his fantasies in public about other posters.
So you think...rotflmao
Proxy IP's are amusing.....lmao
The data base doesn't lie.
"ROTFLMAO... Perfect! She longs... for someone to Teabag her. a man that squats on top of a women's face and lowers his genitals into her mouth during sex, known as "teabagging" She aches for it"... ~~~JWpegler. Head Tea Bagger and Tea Party supporter extraordinaire, explicitly expressing his fantasies in public about other posters.
His GOP damage control attempts are well documented...rotflmao Make that weak attempts.
Boofer likes to pretend he's a player.
"our blacks are so much better than their blacks" - (M)ann Coulter
#2. To: war (#1)
More accurate polling data coming out...
#3. To: Thunderbird (#2)
Obama would have to work his butt off to get to Mr. Cain's approval rating.
#4. To: Thunderbird (#2)
No..its the tail end of a smear that went nowhere.
#5. To: Thunderbird (#2)
Obama would have to work his butt off to get to Mr. Cain's approval rating.
#6. To: Skip Intro (#3)
Maybe he has a sexual harrassment charge in his past that would help him out.
#7. To: Thunderbird (#6)
#8. To: war (#5)
(Edited)
#9. To: Ferret Mike (#8)
Take care.
#10. To: Ferret Mike (#8)
I'm not expecting to come back here, but you never know. My accounts turned on, Stone's censorship turns me off.
#11. To: Ferret Mike (#8)
#12. To: A K A Stone, Fred Mertz, Skip Intro (#10)
The only censorship is some personal attacks and nasty name calling.
#13. To: Fred Mertz (#9)
This site is like a ghost town for many hours during the day. It's not much fun any more.
"Like a cornered animal, which turns instinctively to confront pursuing predators, Pol Pot viewed policy in terms of a fight to the death. The alternative was to be devoured."
- Philip Short
#14. To: A K A Stone (#10)
#15. To: Thunderbird (#2)
No..its the tail end of a smear that went nowhere.
#16. To: Badeye (#15)
(Edited)
The biggest loser in this isn't Cain, its Politico.
#17. To: A K A Stone, war (#10)
(Edited)
#18. To: Thunderbird (#6)
(Edited)
#19. To: All (#14)
#20. To: Happy Quanzaa (#18)
#21. To: Badeye (#15)
He took a bit of a hit in the polls, but its nothing to compare with 'real' sex scandals...Gary Hart, Clinton come to mind.
#22. To: Thunderbird (#21)
#23. To: Badeye (#22)
Yep, and had his best fund raising week AFTER this stuff came up.
#24. To: mininggold (#23)
Which says loads about the tom cats supporting the GOP.
#25. To: mininggold (#23)
Yep, and had his best fund raising week AFTER this stuff came up. Which says loads about the tom cats supporting the GOP.
#26. To: Badeye (#25)
(Edited)
Is this supposed to mean something, coming from a Clinton supporter?
#27. To: mininggold (#26)
#28. To: Badeye (#27)
(Edited)
Bullshit, but we're used to that from you, ming.
#29. To: mininggold (#28)
#30. To: Badeye (#29)
So you think...rotflmao
#31. To: mininggold (#30)
The data base doesn't lie.
#32. To: Fred Mertz (#31)
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