Will Gloria Cain matter?
“I think some people will ask themselves why it took so long for her to come out,” said Judy Smith
Nov 14, 2011
Washington Post
By Nia-Malika Henderson
November 14, 2011
In the first televised interview that Herman Cain gave two weeks ago to respond to allegations that he had sexually harassed and settled with two women while he was president of the National Restaurant Association, he played “the wife card,” revealing that his wife, Gloria Cain, would sit for an interview.
That interview has finally happened.
Scheduled to air Monday night at 10 p.m. Eastern time on Greta Van Susteren’s “On the Record,” (Fox News), the interview will add another voice, another layer, and another news cycle to a narrative that for two weeks has defined, yet not derailed, Cain’s quixotic campaign for president.
According to an early transcript provided by Fox News, Gloria Cain told Van Susteren that the allegations offer an unfamiliar and, she believes, inaccurate picture of the man she has known for 45 years.
“You hear the graphic allegations, and we know that would have been something that’s totally disrespectful of her as a woman. And I know the type of person he is. He totally respects women,” Cain said .“I’m thinking he would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said.”
What will she add to the picture?
“I think some people will ask themselves why it took so long for her to come out,” said Judy Smith, a crises management expert who helped Monica Lewinsky and Michael Vick, among others. “The public is a little more cautious of what it means when a wife comes out and how much credibility to give what she says. What would you expect a wife to say?”
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Nov 14, 2011
Washington Post
By Nia-Malika Henderson
November 14, 2011
In the first televised interview that Herman Cain gave two weeks ago to respond to allegations that he had sexually harassed and settled with two women while he was president of the National Restaurant Association, he played “the wife card,” revealing that his wife, Gloria Cain, would sit for an interview.
That interview has finally happened.
Scheduled to air Monday night at 10 p.m. Eastern time on Greta Van Susteren’s “On the Record,” (Fox News), the interview will add another voice, another layer, and another news cycle to a narrative that for two weeks has defined, yet not derailed, Cain’s quixotic campaign for president.
According to an early transcript provided by Fox News, Gloria Cain told Van Susteren that the allegations offer an unfamiliar and, she believes, inaccurate picture of the man she has known for 45 years.
“You hear the graphic allegations, and we know that would have been something that’s totally disrespectful of her as a woman. And I know the type of person he is. He totally respects women,” Cain said .“I’m thinking he would have to have a split personality to do the things that were said.”
What will she add to the picture?
“I think some people will ask themselves why it took so long for her to come out,” said Judy Smith, a crises management expert who helped Monica Lewinsky and Michael Vick, among others. “The public is a little more cautious of what it means when a wife comes out and how much credibility to give what she says. What would you expect a wife to say?”
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