Cain Re-examines Candidacy in the Republican Primary

Published in Le Monde
(France) on 30 November 2011
by (link to originallink to original)
Translated from by Kathleen McClure. Edited by Alyssa Goulding .
Herman Cain informed his campaign team Tuesday that he would re-examine his candidacy for the Republican nomination for the American presidency in 2012, following an accusation of adultery, several news sources reported.

His deputy campaign manager, Linda Hansen, reported to ABC News that Cain, the only black man among the eight Republican presidential candidates, was going to focus on his intention to claim the highest office.

Monday, a woman declared on television that for 13 years, she had been a mistress of Cain’s, who is a former director of a pizzeria chain and has already been accused by four women of sexual harassment while he was ahead in the polls, together with favorite Mitt Romney. He has since been left behind by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

The magazine National Review reported that Cain admitted to knowing his latest accuser “for several years,” but denied having an affair with her. He maintains that he came to her aid financially in the past “because she was unemployed, on the street, desperate,” declared the candidate, according to the magazine.


Herman Cain a fait savoir, mardi, à son équipe de campagne qu'il réexaminait sa candidature à l'investiture républicaine pour la présidentielle américaine de 2012, à la suite d'une accusation d'adultère, ont rapporté plusieurs médias.

Sa directrice de campagne adjointe, Linda Hansen, a rapporté à la chaîne de télévision ABC que M. Cain, seul noir parmi les huit candidats républicains à la candidature, avait déclaré qu'il allait se pencher sur l'intérêt de prétendre à la magistrature suprême.

Lundi, une femme a déclaré à la télévision avoir été pendant treize ans la maîtresse de M. Cain, ancien directeur d'une chaîne de pizzerias, déjà accusé par quatre femmes de harcèlement sexuel alors qu'il caracolait en tête des sondages en compagnie du favori Mitt Romney. Il a depuis été distancé par l'ancien président de la Chambre des représentants, Newt Gingrich.

Le magazine National Review a rapporté que M. Cain avait admis qu'il connaissait sa dernière accusatrice "depuis plusieurs années", mais démenti avoir eu une liaison avec elle. Il a assuré lui être venu en aide financièrement par le passé "parce qu'elle était au chômage, à la rue, désespérée", a déclaré le candidat cité par le magazine.
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