[Antoninus]

LOL.

#1: It's Politico.

#2: If I were an embattled candidate, I would spread rumors among my political media enemies before a big speech that I was dropping out so that they would cover it. Then, I'd give a stem-winder saying exactly the opposite in very forceful terms.

It's way past time for conservatives to prove that they're smarter than the media. So far, Cain has shown few signs that he is. However, he could be playing possum here.

[MitchellC]

Pretty much what I expect him to try to do. He’s opening a new headquarters tomorrow according to several sources - who opens an HQ on the day that they’re announcing a campaign suspension?

Beyond that, if Cain is to have any hope at all, he’s going to have to spend the entirety of the next month in Iowa and South Carolina. There’s absolutely zero reason for him to be spending any time, especially in FRIGGIN’ DECEMBER, in Ohio or Oklahoma or Alabama. That shows a fundamental lack of understanding for how this whole thing works.