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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

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Cain: 'I Have Never Acted Inappropriately With Anyone'

November 8, 2011 The latest accuser is lying, Cain says. His ABC News/Yahoo interview comes as the candidate continues to deal with stories about women who accuse him of sexual harassment — charges he has said are baseless.

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Romney Calls Sharon Bialek's Cain Charges 'Particularly Disturbing'

November 8, 2011 Mitt Romney hasn't had to do much more lately than to sit back and watch his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination deal with their own often self-inflicted damage.But on Tuesday when given the chance during an ABC News interview with George Stephanopoulos to offer an opinion on the Herman Cain sexual harassment scandal, he did.

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Another Cain Accuser Identified

November 8, 2011 Karen Kraushaar, a 55-year-old federal employee and registered Republican, has been identified as one of the two women who in the late 1990s settled claims of sexual harassment against 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain.

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One Of Herman Cain's Initial Accusers Is Identified

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain addressed the Defending the American Dream Summit at the Washington Convention Center Nov. 4. in Washington, DC. He plans to speak about the sexual harassment allegations against him at a news conference Tuesday afternoon.

November 8, 2011 Another name of a woman accusing Herman Cain of sexual harassment has surfaced. A lawyer for Karen Kraushaar previously gave an anonymous account of her complaint against Cain.

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Herman Cain's Kimmel Show Allred Joke Was Odd Crisis Management

November 8, 2011 Herman Cain definitely doesn't seem to have this crisis-management thing down yet. He presumably went on Jimmy Kimmel Live Monday evening to fight the latest charge of sexual misbehavior on his part. Instead, he made a sexually tinged jibe about Gloria Allred, the lawyer representing his latest accuser, Sharon Bialek.

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Cain: 'There's Not An Ounce Of Truth' In Latest Allegations

Sharon Bialek, left, aired her accusations against Herman Cain during a news conference Monday in New York City. The event was organized by lawyer Gloria Allred, right.

November 8, 2011 The Republican presidential candidate says he will hold a news conference today to respond to the detailed allegations leveled against him by Sharon Bialek of Chicago. She accuses him of groping her during a 1997 encounter in Washington, D.C.

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Monday, November 07, 2011

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Latest Cain Accuser's Charges Raise Question: Where Does It End?

Sharon Bialek arrives for her New York City news conference, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011.

November 7, 2011 GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain for the fourth time in a week has attempted to beat back accusations of sexual harassment with the same defense.The women - all of them - are lying.

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New Cain Accuser Steps Forward With Detailed Account

Sharon Bialek during her appearance before reporters today in New York City.

November 7, 2011 A Chicago woman, Sharon Bialek, says that in a 1997 encounter with 2012 Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain he touched her in a sexually suggestive manner. Cain's campaign says her claims are "false accusations."

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GOP View Of Mitt Romney's Electability May Get Him Past Rivals In End

Mitt Romney waves after speaking at the Americans for Prosperity conference in Washington, D.C., Friday, Nov. 4, 2011.

November 7, 2011 If more Republicans were more like Romney, or at least their perception of Romney as a politician from the realpolitick school, basing their candidate preference strictly on which one would most likely give Republicans White House control again, Romney would be in the lead.

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New Cain Accuser Expected To Come Forward Today

November 7, 2011 Attorney Gloria Allred says her client will be at a news conference this afternoon in New York City to speak about what the woman says was sexual harassment by the Republican presidential contender. Cain has said he never harassed anyone.

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Friday, November 04, 2011

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Cain Accuser Says She Complained Over A 'Series Of Unwanted Advances'

November 4, 2011 An attorney for one of Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain's accusers said the woman would not recount details of the allegations because it would be "extremely painful to do so."

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Poll: Cain Still Tied With Romney Despite Sex Harassment Claims

November 4, 2011 There's been anecdotal evidence and plenty of signs on social media, that many Republicans still support Herman Cain bid for president despite revelations the trade group he once headed paid monetary settlements to women who accused him of sexual harassment. Now we have some data in a new poll that shows him tied with Mitt Romney.

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Cain Allegations: The Latest Developments

Tuesday: Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is surrounded by police, body guards, staff members and journalists on Capitol Hill.

November 4, 2011 One of the candidate's accusers may hear today if she can comment publicly despite a confidentiality clause in the agreement she reached with the National Restaurant Association, which he headed in the late 1990s.

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Thursday, November 03, 2011

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Is Cain's View That Voters Have No Right To Know Of Harassment Past?

Herman Cain.

November 3, 2011 Noteworthy in Cain's charges against the Perry campaign is his attempt at a King Lear defense, that he is "a man more sinn'd against than sinning. "The implication is that Cain apparently believes a few things about politics that aren't necessarily so. One, that it would be against the rules of how political campaigns are conducted for one campaign to leak negative information about a rival.

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Cain Allegations: The Latest Developments

Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain during an appearance on Wednesday (Nov. 3, 2011) in McLean, Va.

November 3, 2011 The campaign continues to call accusations about sexual harassment "baseless allegations." Meanwhile, there are reports about a third woman's accusation and a Republican pollster who says he witnessed some inappropriate behavior.

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