They should walk it back IMHO. They jumped too quickly and based on Anderson’s response, lauding Cain and saying he had the utmost respect for him and would never do this...they should have called and talked to him first.
Someone did it...perhaps the Wilson fellow, or someone else. But, IMHO, the thing to focus on is conclusively showing there was nothing to it and then moving on and get back on message.
This has gone too far now. There is no getting back on message until every detail is laid bare for all to assess.
There definitely was something to it - whether it’s as bad as the deleted Pyjamas Media reports or not, I don’t know, but there were two settlements and Cain initially denied them - then admitted them bit by bit.
He could simply have defused this whole thing by being honest at the very start, except that he chose to do a Bill Clinton (remember, it was Clinton’s own arrogance that prevented him from settling a defamation of character complaint which then launched the Lewinski affair, during which he steadfastly denied - until he admitted). The Dems were with him all the way, however.
Except for Cain’s hard-core groupies, nobody is going to be with him on this one. But I think he has now tarnished the entire GOP slate.