Since last month's NYT-CBS News poll, GOP presidential hopeful Herman Cain's support among women has dropped from 28 percent to 15 percent, which spells trouble for the embattled candidate, columnist Jonathan Capehart blogs at the Washington Post. The drop comes in the wake of several sexual harassment accusations against him.
May I state the obvious? The Herman Cain campaign for the Republican nomination for president is running out of gas. Sure, he's still topping some polls. The New York Times/CBS News poll released Friday puts him up at the top (18 percent) of a three-way race with Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich. Both earned the support of 15 percent of Republican primary voters. It should be noted that "undecided/don't know" actually came in second with 17 percent. But that same poll shows the first concrete sign of trouble for the former capo of Godfather's Pizza from a key demographic group: women.
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