Image by TalkMediaNews via FlickrThere's still a logjam of candidates running for the Republican presidential nomination. But Herman Cain has decided to join Tim Pawlenty and Donald Trump on the sidelines. Cain says he's suspending his campaign in part because of all those sexual harassment allegations that keep popping up in the media, claiming they have hurt his family and his fund raising efforts.Cain has become the latest politician to have his past come back to haunt him, interfering with his present aspirations. The last straw was a woman named Ginger White, who told WAGA--Atlanta's Fox affiliate--that she had a 13-year affair with Cain which recently ended. It was different from all the other women who claimed that unflattering comments and certain body parts were involved, but it was still proof that Cain might have some explaining to do with his wife.
Other than that, the former pizza chain executive didn't have much experience at campaigning, and it showed. He didn't seem to have much grasp of the issues that any other candidate needs to have, and it showed. But he's great at catchphrases such as "9-9-9", and for his amazing ability to promote himself.
For a brief period, as polls showed Cain running neck and neck with Mitt Romney for the lead, people actually began taking him seriously. Now Cain can go back to selling his book, which must be what this whole campaign thing was about in the first place.
With Cain out, this is the remaining GOP field going into Iowa and New Hampshire: Romney the flip-flopper that conservatives are running away from, Newt Gingrich the front-runner that Cain has reportedly endorsed, Rick Perry and his memory lapses, and Michele Bachmann's tendency to speak before she thinks. We haven't even mentioned Rick Santorum, Ron Paul or Jon Huntsmann. Should we?
You know that song about sending in the clowns? Don't bother. They're already here.
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