Yup, Cain threw in the towel because he couldn't defend himself against the bimbo eruptions. There was obviously enough truth to them to drive Herman out of the race. My guess is most of the charges were overblown, but there must have been a few grains of truth that Cain just couldn't defend.
Thanks for poving my point that it had nothing to do with th 999 plan.
I never argued otherwise. 999 was a bad plan in my opinion (no thanks on a national sales tax) and Cain was too ignorant on policy (particularly when it came to foreign and defense) to win the nomination, but he would have been happy to remain in the race till he was mathematically eliminated. I think that is all Cain really wanted in the first place - a public forum to get his name in the spotlight and cement for him a position as a major conservative commentator in the future. Cain is a people person who simply loves giving speeches and influencing opinion - and prior to the various sex allegations he was doing a surprisingly good job of it.
My point against the poster that I said was out of his mind was because he stated the 999 plan was the reason for Cains demise....which is utter lunacy.
The one thing that makes the 999 plan bad is that it wouldn't replace the 16th, something that would be a must for any plan like that to be acceptable.
Unfortunately, repealing the 16th would be like taking the candy/power away from Congress and that isn't going to happen with this current crop....if ever. At least Cain got the conversation going.