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To: Bill who wrote (634652)	11/4/2011 11:10:56 PM
From: joseffy	3 Recommendations Respond to of 1579893

Cain supports calls for Holder’s resignation: ‘Thirty congressmen can’t be wrong’ [VIDEO] Mathew Boyle 1//4/2011 news.yahoo.com Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain told The Daily Caller that the more than 30 members of Congress calling on Attorney General Eric Holder to resign immediately “can’t be wrong.” As of Thursday morning, 34 members of Congress have called on Holder to step down immediately. During an interview with TheDC’s Ginni Thomas on Wednesday evening in Washington, D.C., Cain expressed support for those calling for Holder’s resignation. “I’m disappointed in all of the conflicting stories,” Cain said, adding that he hasn’t personally called for Holder’s ouster because he has “not followed it close enough to say that I want to pile on.” “But I happen to believe that 30 congressmen can’t be wrong, in terms of the determination that they have made, that suggests that it may be better for him to step down,” Cain added. “I trust those 30 congressmen and the analysis that they have done.” Watch: At the time of his interview with TheDC, the total number of members of Congress calling for Holder’s resignation was 30. Cain is not the first presidential candidate to weigh in on Holder’s job performance. Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum and, through a spokesman, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney have each told TheDC that Holder should resign if the facts presented to the public thus far turn out to be accurate, or if it is determined that he misled Congress. Spokespersons for GOP candidates Ron Paul, Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman and Newt Gingrich have not returned requests for comment about where those candidates stand with respect to Holder’s future as America’s top law enforcement officer.

To: Bill who wrote (634652)	11/4/2011 11:19:55 PM
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With No Specifics to the Accusations, Herman Cain Wins This Fight ,...................................................................................................... November 4, 2011 by Jim Geraghty. nationalreview.com Joel Bennett, the lawyer for one of the former employees of the National Restaurant Association who accused Herman Cain of sexual harassment, spoke to Wolf Blitzer live on CNN moments ago. Bennett said that in his legal opinion, what occurred between Cain and his client met the legal definition of sexual harassment. But despite repeated questions from Blitzer, he refused to specify what the alleged actions were, and he said his client would not be appearing to shed any further light on the matter. When Blitzer pointed out Cain’s vehement, blanket denial, Bennett replied, “In all my years of lawyering, I’ve never seen anyone accused of sexual harassment say, ‘I did it.’” In short, Mr. Bennett is arguing, ’I won’t say what he did, but trust me, he’s guilty of wrongdoing.’ This is ridiculous. To Politico, the public is supposed to take this into account in their assessment of Cain but we can’t even get any sense of what triggered the original complaint, and whether this was much ado about nothing or whether Cain actually did something wrong. Without the basic details, the public cannot take this into account in their assessment of Cain, or ought not to. Despite all the drama of the week, we know about as much as we did Monday. Two employees made complaints, but we don’t really know much about what the complaints were. Was there some bad behavior on Cain’s part? Were the NRA payments just designed to avoid the cost of litigating the claims? Who knows? “It’s over, from our perspective,” Bennett said of the controversy. Yes, this story ought to be over. While this story does not reassure much about Herman Cain and his campaign – i.e., blaming Perry, walking back the accusation, then having Cain seem to walk back the walk back – he’s been wronged by having a politically damaging accusation widely aired but never being able to cross-examine his accuser or refute the charges.