Cain-Gingrich GOP debate intended to focus on key campaign issues;
harassment claim off limits

By Associated Press, Updated: Saturday, November 5, 11:42 AM

The two-man debate between GOP presidential candidates Herman Cain and
Newt Gingrich had one off-limit topic — the decade-old sexual harassment
allegations that have dogged Cain’s campaign.

Tea party organizers of Saturday night’s event in Texas said that
matter, which consumed the GOP race this past week, was off the table.
That would seem to be welcome news to Cain as he tries to refocus on
issues such as the future of Social Security and Medicare — expected
points of discussion with Gingrich.

A lawyer for one of Cain’s accusers said Friday that his client had
filed a complaint “in good faith” against Cain in the 1990s for “several
instances of sexual harassment” and had received a financial settlement.

Attorney Joel Bennett suggested Cain wasn’t telling the truth in his
repeated denials of the incidents that allegedly took place while the
Georgia businessman headed the National Restaurant Association.

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