Herman Cain Raised $250,000 Online After Harassment Report Broke, Campaign Says

WASHINGTON -- Herman Cain had one of THE best fundraising days of his presidential campaign on Monday, raising $250,000 in online donations despite reports that he had been twice accused of sexual harassment.

The quarter of a million dollar haul made for "one of our best fundraising days ever," Cain's campaign chief of staff Mark Block told a D.C election-themed conference sponsored by the National Journal. Cain himself said on Laura Ingraham's radio show Tuesday that since the story broke Sunday night, "the fundraising has increased significantly."

"I'll give you this little bit of information -- and this is breaking news: yesterday with the firestorm was one of our best fundraising days online ever -- since the campaign started," he said. "One of the best ones ever, Laura."

The amount raised is a healthy sum for a campaign that has been running, for the most part, on a shoestring budget. And it appears that it was all raised without a formal fundraising push. Cain spent Monday under siege from the national press corps over reports that he had, as head of the National Restaurant Association, twice been accused of sexual harassment. Cain initially called the story false and claimed he had no knowledge of any settlement being made with his accusers. Later, he backtracked on both those statements. His campaign responded to the story in a post on its website but there was no pitch to donors attached to it.

Raising money in the wake of scandal or negative coverage is common and relatively easy for campaigns. Sympathetic supporters become generous supporters when they feel their candidate is being unfairly attacked. It's why Christine O'Donnell and Sharron Angle, Republicans who ran for Senate in Delaware and Nevada, respectively, were some of the better-financed candidates in the 2010 cycle. And it's why the damage to Cain may be limited should he make it through the first few days and should the other shoe not drop.

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Comments

[GENERATIONaleX]

10:58 AM on 11/04/2011

good for you, Herman. That will buy you a whole bunch of nothing in a Presidential campaign.
P.S. Ron Paul raised 2.5 million in one day just two weeks ago. T

[Fallout911]

04:38 PM on 11/02/2011

Ron Paul raised 2 million and **THIS** is news?

[sobrien]

03:05 PM on 11/02/2011

Just like the old saying: a fool and his party are soon monied.

[Dianne Jarreau]

12:22 PM on 11/02/2011

There's nothing new here. Most of the folks on here get it. And the others have still to admit to the truth that he was bought and paid for by brothers Koch who will inevitably make him pay. Probably by cutting him off of the payroll named ALEC.

Now, I am going to read what Condoleezza Rice has to say. That should be cheery.

[seriouslyfalling]

03:19 PM on 11/02/2011

LOL, if he were bought and paid for by the Koch brothers, he would not be running a shoe string campaign! He would have the most money of any candidate and could simply buy his way into office, like Obama did with all of Soros's funding...and the illegal campaign donations he received from foreign countries of course.

[abovenyquist]

08:03 PM on 11/02/2011

Ah yes, George Soros is why Barack Obama is president. I'm sure McCain picking a terrifying pick for Vice President had nothing to do with it.

[ponchoparadise]

10:14 AM on 11/02/2011

Herman wanted to talk about her apples but she kicked him right in
the oranges.

[brawnydoc]

08:27 PM on 11/02/2011

Too bad you don't have any oranges

[brawnydoc]

08:29 PM on 11/02/2011

Run out of paper towels yet?

[airsyspro]

08:24 AM on 11/02/2011

Liberals:

When one criticized Obama 4 years ago, liberals called them "racist". So, by the liberals own definition, are liberals that criticize Cain not "racist"?

[I Kidd]

12:48 PM on 11/02/2011

You're quite the simpleton.

[airsyspro]

03:08 PM on 11/02/2011

Thank you.

[seriouslyfalling]

03:22 PM on 11/02/2011

LOL @ I Kidd...THAT is your answer? Criticizing Obama makes one a racist, but criticizing Cain proves that same person is NOT a racist? My, my, my you libs simply define hypocrisy!!!

[Mharley vet]

03:37 PM on 11/02/2011

Why yes, i believe they are.

[Bob McEntyre]

07:59 AM on 11/02/2011

I don't believe this story is true.Has anyone seen the check?This is damage control at its best.What donor would give 250,000 to a canidate who can't nor will win the general election.What a phony.This is a quy who can't be trusted.This is a nice gig for someone who only in it to build his wealth.This quy is the new Sarah Palin sideshow.

[PerotVentuSheehCarte]

01:43 PM on 11/02/2011

Herman Cain;

Ladies just do not understand your sense of humor !
ladies just don't understand the context of your words

#ows #911truth

[seriouslyfalling]

03:23 PM on 11/02/2011

Wow! You are surely just a racist...no one but a racist would criticize a black man...would they?

[LaQueesha Franklin]

07:44 AM on 11/02/2011

I can see by the comments that this is a Cain encampment, Well, Im here to do a Harriet Tubman on yo asses. Cain will not dodge these sexual complaints cause I know that when the Restaurant Association waives the rights to open those non-disclosure agreements and we hear all the nasty details, Im bettin that the "new" pack of lies to fight them just won't measure up. I think someone somewhere is going to trump that number of 35,000$ and decide that you cant hammer a number onto the cross of truth.

[Jamal0134]

11:21 AM on 11/02/2011

You are right on the mark with this one sister!
When ALL of the facts come out Herman;s goose is cooked!
Herman is just there to attempt to dilute Black voting strength,
a decoy for the repubs!

[LaQueesha Franklin]

02:13 AM on 11/03/2011

thanks my brotha, good to see us folk arent asleep at the switch on this fool

[mr whiteffolks]

07:32 AM on 11/02/2011

People support their own kind.

[ponchoparadise]

10:18 AM on 11/02/2011

Yes, sexual predators support sexual predators. Well put, You nailed it.

[hellnomo]

11:05 AM on 11/02/2011

And you voted for Clinton twice, right?

[Kiranitisme]

06:17 AM on 11/02/2011

When these people hear that there was a $35,000 one year salary settlement in the case, they will double the contribution. When he apologizes for what he has denied so far, it will be trebled. When the next woman comes forward, they will just dump $millions!

[yweston]

07:20 AM on 11/02/2011

Your comment sounds about right to me....

[Berettasskeeter]

08:58 AM on 11/02/2011

Much in the same way Democrats rallied around Clinton, despite the large number of women who claimed that he abused them.
Semper fi

[dpooch]

06:13 AM on 11/02/2011

When it comes to GOP donors they are the one%. They have 275% more money to burn. And you can not fix stupid.

[hellnomo]

11:07 AM on 11/02/2011

Hmm, only the stupid are smart enough to make the big bucks , I guess.

[eastcoastwild8]

06:11 AM on 11/02/2011

250K? And anpther liberal attempt to do away with the winner of the Presidential election in 2012 blows up in their faces. I'm starting to envesion liberals as abunch of Wile E Coyotes making plans to do away with the Roadrunner but only gettting burnt themselves.

[hellnomo]

11:09 AM on 11/02/2011

Barney Frank, "Super Genius" enough said.

[abovenyquist]

08:05 PM on 11/02/2011

Why do you presume the attacks on cain are being launched by liberals? It's more likely being launched by one of the other GOP candidates, particularly Romney. Cain is the only remaining threat to him. Liberals would probably prefer that Cain be the nominee since he'd be easier for Obama to beat *in the general election* than Romney.

[handsomeinnc]

05:18 AM on 11/02/2011

Yea, those Koch brothers ... what's 200k for them, when they swim in Billions?

[brawnydoc]

05:16 AM on 11/02/2011

I sent the first political donation I have made in over 10 years last night.

I sent it to Herman Cain.

[brawnydoc]

05:36 AM on 11/02/2011

Good for you. I will contribute to Cain as well

[yweston]

07:25 AM on 11/02/2011

I'm sending my money to President Obama....

[ponchoparadise]

10:25 AM on 11/02/2011

Brawny
Let me get this right. You write a post
stating you are donating to Sperm'in
Herman Cain and post moments later
praising yourself and stating that will
"contribute as well"

[yweston]

07:21 AM on 11/02/2011

Love those "sexual harassers huh". Go.... with your bad "Christian self"...

[Earl Norm]

05:15 AM on 11/02/2011

Maybe it's like Mitt's mysterious 10 million. Afterall, who knows...the only rule anymore is there are no rules.