Today's candidate is Herman Cain.

I am deeply disappointed in Herman Cain and his campaign over their handling of the Politico hit piece on some old allegations of sexual harassment. I don't know if there is any truth to the allegations - and neither to the political hacks at Politico. All we know for sure is that allegations were made, and that the two women who made the allegations received a very small settlement. We seem to know just enough to make it look as bad as possible for Herman Cain.

I spent 10 years working in a fairly large corporation and was forced to sit through several semi-annual sexual harassment seminars. I think most of it is bullshit to begin with.

But I don't care about that. 

What I care about is that Herman Cain knows the details. He knew that true or false these allegations existed in his past. He had to know, particularly as his standing in the polls began to rise that this story was going come out. He had to know that in the current media climate it would be reported as breaking news if he ever tore the tag off his mattress.

Knowing that, he seemed completely unprepared when the story broke. His initial responses when the story broke were fumbling and ad hoc. 

Ideally the campaign should have put the story out their on their own - with their own spin. Maybe use it as a personal anecdote in support of tort reform aimed at ending a legal cultural in which even those falsely accused will settle because it's cheaper and easier. Barring that and knowing the story was going to come out, they should have been prepared.

They were not.

If a candidate can't be prepared for the expected, how would he be as a President dealing with the unexpected?

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