Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is “reassessing” his campaign but still plans to move ahead at this time, his Iowa campaign director tells The Associated Press and National Public Radio.
The Iowa campaign aide, Steve Grubbs, reports that Cain said to senior staff today during a conference call that new allegations from a woman who claims to have had a long affair with him have taken an emotional toll on his family. Cain also said the allegations — which he denies — have damaged his fundraising, Grubbs said..
But Grubbs added during a phone conversation with NPR’s Tamara Keith, “as far as I heard, we’re moving ahead” with the campaign — even though Grubbs said Cain also spoke of “reassessing” the campaign over the next few days.
Earlier today, National Review‘s The Corner blog cast a slightly different take on the news. It wrote that “in a conference call this morning, Herman Cain told his senior staff that he is ‘reassessing’ whether to remain in the race. He told them he will make his final decision ‘over the next several days.’ “
Cain is scheduled to speak in Michigan at Hillsdale College today at 6:30 p.m.
