Sharon Bialek told reporters at a press conference that Herman Cain had inappropriately touched her when she asked him for help finding a job. When she resisted, Bialek said Cain told her, “You want a job, don’t you?”
The Cain campaign immediately denied the story saying all sexual harassment accusations are “completely false.”
Some reactions:
Ben Smith: “Gloria Allred knows what she’s doing, and the details of Sharon
Bialek’s story today just look quite awful for Herman Cain. These things
always do in their details, and the press conference ended a streak in
which allegations had remained vague.”
Michelle Malkin: “Twittersphere is lighting up with diverse reaction from
conservatives. Some find Bialek ‘very credible.’ More obituaries being
written for Cain. I need to know more.”
Andrew Sullivan: “Absent any more details, all I can say is that, at the very least, Cain
needs to respond to this specific allegation. I believe the woman, but I
tend to believe most professional women who give credible evidence of
abuse of power by bosses.”
Steve Kornacki: “Simply put, Allred is exactly the sort of character that the Republican
base loves to hate. So if Republican voters — and, more specifically,
Republican opinion-shapers like Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity — decide
to focus on Allred’s role instead of Bialek’s, Cain just might continue
defying gravity.”
Rod Dreher: “Cain can yak all he wants about how he’s not going to talk about this
stuff anymore, but that’s all anybody is going to talk about until and
unless he firmly and convincingly rebuts this stuff. This drip-drip-drip
is going to kill his campaign. I’d say it’s probably dead anyway.”
Dan Amira: “Any Republican voters open to believing the charges against Cain will
now have plenty of lurid details to mull over for at least the next few
days.”
Here’s the video of Bialek:
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