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Bachmann: ‘Not for me to say’ whether Cain should drop out
Michele Bachmann said Tuesday that it was "not for me to say" whether her fellow Republican presidential contender Herman Cain should drop out of the race, but she expected he would have to determine soon "whether he sees himself as a viable candidate."
She also reiterated that voters could turn to her as a "consistent" candidate with "no surprises" in her past.
Cain on Tuesday told his staff that he is “reassessing” his decision to remain in the race for the Republican nomination, following new allegations by an Atlanta businesswoman claiming she and Cain had a 13-year-long affair.
"That’s for the voters to determine and he’ll have to make the determination about where he goes with his campaign," Bachmann said on CNN. "His campaign is reassessing where he’s at and I’m sure he’ll make a decision before too long."
Bachmann doubled-down on drawing a comparison between what she called her "consistent" record and other candidates. She used the latest controversy surrounding Cain's campaign as further proof of her consistency earlier in the day.
“That goes back to the message we’ve been trying to get out to people across Iowa, and that’s that I do have a core of conviction. I’ve been the consistent conservative in the race and as people have been shopping around for the candidates, I think they’re going to come back home and see I’ve been the consistent, constitutional conservative who’s going to fight,” Bachmann told Iowa’s WHO news radio earlier in the day.
On CNN, she also promoted the website NoSurprises2012.com, which her campaign launched earlier in the month.
"People will have no surprises with me," she reiterated, which has been her response when asked about the resurfacing sexual harassment accusations faced by Cain's campaign over the last month.
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