I’m not surprised, and for Cain it seems to be the right move. This is an endorsement at a time when it can make a difference for Gingrich, putting Cain in an important and valuable position. If so, very smart.
What do you think?
Politico: Report: Cain to endorse Newt Monday
That was fast.
Fox-5 in Atlanta, the same station that broke the Ginger White allegations, is reporting that Herman Cain is going to endorse Newt Gingrich on Monday. Gingrich’s camp put a late add of a press conference at 1:45 p.m. on his schedule.
And Gingrich just added a media availability to his schedule in New York on Monday, suggesting the likelihood the endorsement will be held in Manhattan.
Gingrich was effusive in his praise of Cain while he himself was in New York over the weekend for a town hall event on Staten Island. And polling even before the former Godfather’s Pizza CEO dropped out had suggested Gingrich would be the beneficiary of his support.
But it will give Gingrich a potentially immediate boost of a few more points in Iowa, where two polls over the weekend showed him as the clear frontrunner already at this stage of the game.
UPDATE 2: NRO: Cain Will Not Endorse Today</strong>
UPDATE: Fox: Will He or Won’t He? Cain Camp Denies Gingrich Endorsement is Imminent
I agree. Good for Gingrich. Cain, not sure if better after calming the troubled waters
I hope the dems don’t play up the fact they both share troubled pasts with monogamy. As John Candy would of said, Cain was quite the philandendren:) (or perhaps even a philandthropist! tee he he, nyuk nyuk…)
Recall the “Cain-Gingrich Debate 2011” held at the Woodlands(Houston), Texas on 11/5? It was a fund raiser, with over 1,000 people. (The Chatroom was open btw). It was there that Newt and Herman became solid personal and political friends and I think this is Cain’s payback for the respect Gingrich paid him, when all the other Repub candidates(and some of us;9-9-9!) were dismissive of him.
Plus they’re both from Georgia.
posted 12/5 658am Texas [Eat a Peach!] Time
yeh i guess it’s a good idea…lol…i know cain can’t win & i guess gingrich is the best out of the remaining bunch, but i just don’t have the security about his character as i did about ANOTHER certain person..lol
I will be surprised if Cain endorses today; he doesn’t strike me as person who will give something for nothing.