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- iHaveNet.com: Politics
Lauren Fox
Cain's inconsistent responses, not the sexual harassment charges, could sink his 2012 campaign
The rule in politics is to get the damaging news out early and be done with it, and it's one Herman Cain and his team are learning the hard way.
While
At a luncheon at the
Crisis communication strategists are shaking their heads saying that whether Cain is telling the whole story now is insignificant; .
"I'll put it this way," says Lanny Davis, former legal counsel to President Bill Clinton, "if I had to suggest to Mr. Cain, here is how to deal with this in the worst possible way like Nixon and Watergate,
Davis says Cain diminished his chances for recovery when he lost his cool with a Politico reporter outside of
Davis says if Cain were his client he would have advised the
Gene Grabowski, senior vice president of
Another fatal error Grabowski points to is Cain's lack of transparency and reasonable explanation immediately following the allegations.
"If we have learned anything from people like Nixon," Grabowski says, "it is that the cover up is always worse than the crime. The
Of course, there are exceptions -- notably former president Bill Clinton, who survived the Monica Lewinsky scandal. "Look we have all seen Bill Clinton. We all know Clinton. Herman Cain is no Bill Clinton," Grabowski says.
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