Herman Cain’s Libya stumble: How much damage did he do?

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/herman-cains-libya-stumble-how-much-damage-did-he-do/2011/11/15/gIQAoNK5ON_blog.html

Posted by Chris Cillizza at 01:45 PM ET, 11/15/2011

It was the silence heard around the political world.

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Businessman Herman Cain spent the better part of two minutes hemming and hawing — and sitting silently — as he tried to find an answer for whether or not he supported President Obama’s Libya policy in an on-camera interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial board on Monday.

Cain and his campaign have downplayed the controversy, insisting that he was operating on four hours of sleep and that he paused “so I could gather my thoughts”.

But even as they sought to minimize the damage, more clips from the Journal-Sentinel interview came out Tuesday — including one in which Cain said he offered Henry Kissinger the job of Secretary of State in his Administration but was rebuffed.

“Cain’s fundamental problem is being an outsider has its advantages but unless he can display sufficient grasp of the issues, his support will hit a ceiling,” said Ari Fleischer, a former press secretary for President George W. Bush. “The weaker his grasp, the lower the ceiling and he’s starting to bump his head against it.”

[Brother Buzz]

1. It makes no difference anyway -- Whatever it is, I'm against it!

I'm Against It - Groucho Marx

I don't know what they have to say,
It makes no difference anyway --
Whatever it is, I'm against it!
No matter what it is or who commenced it,
I'm against it.

Your proposition may be good
But let's have one thing understood --
Whatever it is, I'm against it!
And even when you've changed it or condensed it,
I'm against it.

I'm opposed to it --
On general principles I'm opposed to it!

Chorus: He's opposed to it!
In fact, in word, in deed,
He's opposed to it!

For months before my son was born,
I used to yell from night till morn,
Whatever it is, I'm against it!
And I've kept yelling since I commenced it,
I'm against it!

[snagglepuss]

2. I don't have a TV or am able to stream video so I only read about it. However

yesterday night I saw hte clip and was completely dumbstruck. Reading about it left a very very bad impression of Cain but seeing it was shocking. I don't know how anyone can live that down. Complete and utter ignorant buffoon.

[beac]

3. Um, um, um... how much damage do you think it did? You think it did damage, correct?

Let me gather my thoughts and get back to you...

:crazy:




Has anyone asked Herman what he reads yet?

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

4. The Republican candidates have mastered the are of going from Wannabee to HasBeen in one campaign.

[Mz Pip]

5. I thought his response

once he got around to it was telling. He asked if Obama supported it and then stated that Obama handled it wrong. I doubt he knows anything about it, but if Obama is for something the GOP is against it. If Obama is against something, the GOP is for it.

Simple!