In a new CBS News Poll, 61 percent of Republican primary voters say the sexual harassment accusations against Cain won't make any difference in their vote, but 30 percent say the charges make them less likely to back him, and that rises to 38 percent among women. Cain has lost support among women since last month - from 28 percent in October to 15 percent now. He has lost ground with conservatives and Tea Party supporters as well.
But the race could still change; seven in 10 Republican primary voters say it is still too early to say for sure which candidate they will support.
The field of Republican candidates now has three candidates within striking distance of each other at the top of the list: with 18 percent, Herman Cain is in the top spot, followed by Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich with 15% each. Support for both Cain and Romney has declined since late last month, and Gingrich is the only one of the top three whose support is steadily - if slowly - on the upswing.
You know just when I think this GOP contest cannot get any more entertaining, it does.
The idea that this late in the game the undecided vote is actually leading the obvious eventual nominee, Mitt Romney, by two points is absolutely hysterical! I have long heard the phrase "holding their nose while voting for a candidate" but I have never seen it so clearly defined among an electorate. They hate this guy!
At this point Mitt Romney must feel like the only unattached man in a bar full of completely uninterested drunken women, hoping that if he can just get them to down one last shot of Jägermeister he might get the chance to touch their naughty parts.
At this point I have to wonder if the Republicans are just about ready to throw up heir hands and say "Fuck it! Let the secret African born Muslim stay in the White House! We don't even care anymore! Just so long as we don't have to vote for that magic Underoo wearing, flip flopping over every issue, never a hair out of place , Mormon!"
And speaking of the Mormons, just how long can Jon Huntsman stay in the race when he is tied with No One at 1%? I mean how humiliating is that?
This whole thing is beginning to feel like a really bad season of "Survivor" where the viewing audience is essentially rooting for ALL of the candidates to eventually starve to death.
