Herman Cain: Final Decision On 2012 Presidential Run Will Come 'A Week From Now'

Herman Cain said he will make a final decision on whether or not he will continue his 2012 presidential run one week from now.

Cain, whose campaign has been riddled with controversy amid accusations of sexual harassment and an affair, said in an interview with Fox News Wednesday he hasn't set a specific time to announce his decision.

"It will be several days. I haven't set an exact time yet," Cain told "Your World" host Neil Cavuto.

On Tuesday, Cain said he was "reassessing" his campaign amid allegations of an affair and sexual harassment. Cain told Fox News he was reconsidering the course of his campaign because the accusations have put a strain on his family.

"This is why we are reassessing and the answer is yes, it is constantly weighing on me and my family, especially my family, because it continues to stir in the news," Cain said. "This is why we are going through the reassessment.

"It is having a toll and anybody would do the same thing," Cain continued.

A total of five women have accused Cain of inappropriate behavior. Ginger White, the most recent woman to step forward with accusations about Cain, said she engaged in a 13-year extramarital affair with the Republican presidential candidate.

Though he told Fox News White's announcement was "totally out of the blue," Cain broke the story himself before White could come forward, denying "an affair for a specified period of time" on CNN the morning before White went public.

Comments

[PolitiNotions]

12:25 AM on 12/02/2011

How typical of an election - an announcement about making an announcement. I guess did people really expect him to ever get the nomination? His 999 plan gave him a lot of traction, but that was pretty much the only issue where he had traction (unless you like the Great Electrified Fence of America idea).

[llion7]

10:48 PM on 12/01/2011

Oh God, if he wins the Presidency, it will be like Genghis Khan and his sons all over again! LOL

[Aurical]

07:36 PM on 12/01/2011

I guess it's really over when the tro//z are not even given updated talking points and told to post them. They have moved on to blaming the recession in Barney Frank.

[apduncan]

06:54 PM on 12/01/2011

Goner.

[Okieborn]

05:01 PM on 12/01/2011

If you are in the elite rich category, then yes , you need to vote the corporate owned republican party !
If you are in the 99% then you had better vote the Democaratic Ticket or you will be voting for your own demise !

[CL38]

01:55 PM on 12/01/2011

I posted something like this last night and it was flagged by someone.

Cain displays the worst behaviors typical of a certain type who go into politics. They’re completely self-absorbed and have no problem exploiting others -- women in the workplace and their wives (by being unfaithful and lying about a betrayal of trust). Meanwhile, out on the campaign trail, they pontificate about family values and attack others for their lack of it. They also exploit voters by pretending to be strong, virtuous, principled leaders with integrity and character.

Any person who engages in serial infidelity--and the lying and deception involved—and still believes he possesses insight, strong leadership skills, principles, ethics and good character is woefully lacking in judgment, good sense and integrity. He’s deceiving himself as much as he’s deceiving us and his family. If he behaves this way with the most important people in his life, how can we trust him to put the country and the American people, first, and lead as President at a critical period in our history, when we're facing grave, moral, ethical, political and financial crises?

Cain is a misogynist and he thinks likes the 1%: he believes his wealth entitles him to 'use' everyone around him: women, a wife and family that he 'cares' about, and the American people. In other words, he’s NOT qualified to even run for office, let alone lead the country and serve as the President.

None of the republican candidates is qualified to be President.

[drlouise]

09:43 AM on 12/03/2011

And they always see themselves as heroes and knights in shining armor! They see themselves as supporters of women and icons of whatever it is they think they are icons of. They are basically very annoying given their lack of introspection!

[mollybeejay]

01:45 PM on 12/01/2011

Herman, Herman, Herman, waiting until next week to announce your decision is like continuing to give a corpse CPR, 3 days after the Dr announced the death. Stick a fork in yourself. You are done.

[sieben13]

01:23 PM on 12/01/2011

Fightem herm You are the ONLY ONE TELLING THE TRUTH, everyone else is lying. To his financial backers double your money???????? Fold it in half and put it in your pocket

[l78lancer]

01:21 PM on 12/01/2011

HP - If he yesterday Herm said that he'll have a decision next week why is this news again today in at least two separate stories?

Lazy reporting.

[jscratz]

04:49 PM on 12/01/2011

Of course. What a joke. But with all the moronic posts here, I find myself addicted to this site purely for the laughs.

[Alicia Sonshine Fort]

01:20 PM on 12/01/2011

It's ok Cain, we've made the decision for you. Have a seat at the back of the short bus and don't come back. . . .

[leonel]

01:06 PM on 12/01/2011

The longer Cain stays in, the better for Mitt, because what Herman is accused of is one of the weak points with Newt, and people always want to see patterns.

That is, they have been accused of being misogynists, misbehaving toward women.

[Alicia Sonshine Fort]

01:22 PM on 12/01/2011

Well looks like it's another loss for the GOP and round 2 Obeezy and Chelly-O! Obama 2012

[GradyWhiteMarlin]

12:23 PM on 12/01/2011

Not a Cain supporter but I have a question. Cain is unfit because he MAY have harrassed some women and MAY have had an affair with another woman, according to the media! Clinton had sex with an intern, according to the same media he was a great president. Barney Frank ran a brothel in his basement but was a great congressman. Edwards had a child with another woman while his wife had cancer and he was okay to run for president. It took the Enquirer to break the story, the communist media sat on the story. Can anyone explain?

[CL38]

01:05 PM on 12/01/2011

Cain is unfit for MANY REASONS: he's consistently lied about his past with women (validated by payouts to the women involved) and tried to attack THEIR character (while his lawyer threatened other women who might have considered coming forward). He's far too self-satisfied and lazy to apply himself and make the effort to learn even BASIC information (geography, the names of countries and leaders) he should know before even considering a run for a Presidential nomination. That's just for starters.

This kind of power and sexual arrogance and entitlement on the part of men in politics is something that really needs to be honed in on and men (or women, if it were women) educated about their priorities and responsibilities when running for office, REGARDLESS of party affiliation.

It speaks to their lack of credibility, authenticity, trustworthiness and priorities.

[jscratz]

04:42 PM on 12/01/2011

You might have a point here. Although, Edwards is paying the price for this, and Clintons legacy will be forever tarnished. But seriously, communist media? A little exaggerated, don't you think?

[felic2011]

11:57 AM on 12/01/2011

Mr Cain, if you cheat on your wife, BLAME YOURSELF!

[Lilly-G]

11:30 AM on 12/01/2011

Pitiful. Herman says this is a problem for his family, then he should have thought about that before he had an affair. Hollow words from a shallow, hollow man.

[chancho24]

11:13 AM on 12/01/2011

Cain's attempts at fast talk are for naught...
No matter how he tries to spin the fact that he knew this woman for 13 years, that she had his cell phone number at her disposal and that there were 61 calls, let's face it: the man is busted.
For him to continue to try to spin this, shows us his disrespect and disdain for ordinary people.