From 23% to 8% support in Iowa in one month, Herman Cain’s race for the presidency ends. Herman Cain suspended his bid for president on Saturday, claiming there was too much “hurt caused on me and my family”.
Cain had been rising in the polls since late September, gaining a large amount of media attention. From the increase in media attention came a large amount of criticism on his political views and an increasing amount of allegations that proved to be too much to beat. As he said in his speech suspending his campaign, it is “not because I am not a fighter”.
When Cain suspended his bid he was at 8% support in Iowa, tied with Representative Michele Bachmann. If that isn’t a reason to suspend his campaign I don’t know what is.
Although Herman Cain was not the best candidate for the presidential nomination, the candidates we are left to choose from are not exactly the best choices either. With that said who will Cain choose to endorse?
In September, when the candidates were asked to hypothetically say who they would support if they were not in the race Cain said he would support speaker Gingrich, whom he “has the greatest admiration for in all seriousness, because of his history and his depth of knowledge. With Gingrich at the top of the polls this seems like a possibility for Cain.
Although Cain joked about supporting Romney if he were to throw out his jobs growth plan and replace it with 9 9 9, it doesn’t seem like Cain would support Romney whether he did that or not. Let’s get real, Cain is a tea party, very conservative republican and Romney has been criticized for being too liberal. However, Romney has surprised us by gaining the endorsement of high-profile conservative Ramesh Ponnuru. Although saying Romney’s “health care plan in Massachusetts was Obamacare in one state. He’s a flip-flopper. Inauthentic”, Ponnuru also said, “[Romney] is the candidate that should be elected” in the primaries.
We have seen almost everything in this race for the republican nominee. We have seen a candidate forget his reform plan, inappropriate jokes about electric fences and foreign policy, unsupported accusations towards certain drugs, candidates acting drunk at a speech and much more. As we have witnessed so much in this race even before the primaries have even started, anything can happen. Cain may surprise us all and endorse a candidate we wouldn’t have even have thought about.
Sources and articles used for quotes and pictures:
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/11/30/us/politics/ups-and-downs-of-the-cain-candidacy.html
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