POLL: Cain 24, Romney 23. 55% of GOP do not regard sexual misconduct allegation as serious matter.

[jefferson_dem]

Cain Shows Initial Resilience in the Face of Controversy

Herman Cain is showing initial resilience in the face of allegations of sexual impropriety: More than half of potential Republicans voters say the controversy is not serious, fewer than a quarter say it makes them less likely to support Cain, and he’s running essentially evenly with Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination.

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As things stand, 24 percent of leaned Republicans favor Romney for the nomination and 23 percent support Cain — essentially a dead heat between the two. Rick Perry trails with 13 percent support — less than half his peak in September — and Newt Gingrich has advanced to 12 percent, essentially even with Perry. This marks Gingrich’s first foray out of the single digits.

Cain’s support is up from 16 percent in an ABC/Post poll a month ago. Cain however had a 7-point advantage over Romney, 30-23 percent, in a Quinnipiac University poll completed Monday night. This survey, done Monday through Thursday, finds a closer contest between them.

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ALLEGATION – Fifty-five percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents say they do not regard the allegation of sexual misconduct as a serious matter. But while 22 percent of Cain’s own supporters call it serious, that jumps to 44 percent among those who aren’t backing Cain. Among Romney’s supporters it’s similar, at 49 percent.

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http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/cain-shows-initial-resilience-in-the-face-of-controversy/

[newfie11]

1. Family values

:shrug:

[wilt the stilt]

why would they?

they have enough child molesters amongst them and they don't consider them bad just a liability.

[Jack Rabbit]

17. Well, it does make impeaching Clinton over a blowjob look hypocritical

But, then, it did in 1999, too.

[SpiralHawk]

2. Family Values indeed

Republicon so-called 'values' are so pathetically askew from decency, honor, and integrity.

[DCBob]

3. boys will be boys...

and women are toys.

[treestar]

4. It was serious when it was Clinton

[sakabatou]

16. +1

[TwilightGardener]

5. LOL--he's not even a real candidate. He's not a real candidate and

he's got an ugly past, and they still don't want Mittens. Something very, very weird is going on the GOP.

[WI_DEM]

6. Republicans are such hypocrites. The family values crowd are the biggest

hypocrites of all. They'll go to church all right and then leave and commit the same "sins" over and over and because they accept JC as their savior they think they can get away with anything.

[Sheepshank]

7. the fact that 55% of Reps would rather look the other way on sexual misconduct

tells me one of two things.

1. They have become desensitized by all their members activities.

and/or

2. They are desperate to hang onto any Rep politician no matter the cost....otherwise they would have to back Mittens.

[Arugula Latte]

8. Of course not. They hate women.

They probably think it's "cool."

Oh, but they're the party of Family Values.

[sufrommich]

9. Honestly, I'm pulling for Cain to win his party's

nomination. I can't imagine a better outcome for us.

[lumberjack_jeff]

10. Please please please please

All I want for Christmas is Herman Cain as the nominee.

[marlakay]

11. It might matter to some of them if they heard from the women

What it was. Right now I would bet its being twisted on fox news as a few comments the women took wrong, he did nothing.

It would change at least a bit if we heard from the women.

[reggie the dog]

12. very cool progress the Republicans are making

in 1981 i bet lots more than half of republicans would have been enraged to hear a black man was engaging in sexual misconduct (or just sex for that matter) with white women.....

[Papagoose]

13. Guy in my office says this makes him MORE likely to vote for Cain

He sees nothing wrong with what Cain is accused of and keeps comparing it to Clarence Thomas/Anita Hill...though he views that episode completely backwards as well.

[GSLevel9]

14. let's be truthful... as of this time the allegations against Cain are jack-shit.

Once I hear the real reports substantiated... I will make a decision. But at this point... it's much ado about nothing. By the way... many people are accused of sexual harassment every day and more than a few of the accusations are just harassment themselves.

All I know is that this whole thing is getting Cain more airtime and campaign $$ when people SHOULD be ridiculing his STUPID 9-9-9 plan.

[Zoeisright]

15. And yet, how many of those same brain-dead repukes

were shrieking for Bill Clinton's head for "sexual misconduct allegations"?

They are such fucking hypocrites. I'm amazed they can see straight ahead, and that their heads don't spin around 360 degrees on their turkey necks.

[Jack Rabbit]

18. 55% say IOKIYAR

If you are a Republican, sexual misconduct is OK; if you are a Republican, starting a pointless war is OK; if your are a Republican, driving the economy off a cliff is OK. And, of course, if you are a Republican, crime in the suites is fine and dandy.

[cherish44]

19. It's serious only if a DEMOCRAT does it

Bill Clinton circa 1998