Not All Republicans Rally Around Herman Cain

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Not All Republicans Rally Around Herman Cain

Benjy Sarlin

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But it’s not just him pushing Cain to address the issue more directly. Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour (R) who, like Rove, is tied to the big-money GOP Group American Crossroads, challenged Cain in similar terms on Sunday. While he said on NBC’s Meet The Press that the Cain accusations have “the smell here of Clarence Thomas” — which to Barbour means an unsubstantiated political attack — Cain needs to back off his position that he won’t divulge any more information.

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Another veteran strategist who previously worked on Michele Bachmann’s campaign, Ed Rollins, offered up a similar take on CBS’ Face The Nation and warned that early polls did not reflect the true damage the story was doing to Cain’s candidacy.

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Meanwhile one of Cain’s rivals, Jon Huntsman, took a light jab at the candidate over the harassment issue over the weekend, the first time anyone in the presidential field has done so.

“Legitimate questions have been raised and that information has to come forward,” Huntsman told NBC.

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1. considering that it was a Republican that leaked it

and that Republican (whose name is Rick Perry) naturally has allies.