Dear Mr. Cain: When pressed by the media on lingering questions about sexual harassment allegations made against you, you seem to think that as a public figure you can unilaterally declare a story over and claim that journalists who persist are somehow violating a “journalistic Code of Ethics.” It’s a bogus response. FYI, journalists and editors have an unspoken “Code of Employment,” which means if...

Andrew Sullivan (a TMV favorite) is live-blogging the Herman Cain press conference on sexual harassment allegations. GO HERE to follow it. Sullivan is always must-read live blogging. Great minds think alike. If I did live blogging, I would have opened like Sullivan did below: 5.06 pm. A lawyer makes two key arguments. One: the amounts paid to settle two harassment claims prove they were “nuisances”,...

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Is former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain’s Republican support slipping? He seemed to have to face softening support today — hours before he holds a press conference at which he is expected to paint himself as the target of a campaign out to get him by politically or financially motivated accusers. NUMBER ONE: A Republican Senator says he should quit if the allegations prove true. And the...

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia has denied Texas motion for summary judgment on the Republican-drawn maps for U.S. House of Representatives, State Senate and State House. The order reads in part: Having carefully considered the entire record and the parties’ arguments, the Court finds and concludes that the State of Texas used an improper standard or methodology to determine...

A letter to the editor I quoted in “Homeless Veterans” created a lot of discussion — the overwhelming majority of it on how we can honor and help our veterans. Several readers suggested ways in which we can help veterans both with volunteerism and with our wallets. USA TODAY says: There are many ways we honor members of the armed services. We rise and applaud them at sporting events, wiping our eyes...

The revelations that the storied Penn State football program harbored a serial child rapist for over 40 years and that presidential wannabe Herman Cain is almost certainly a serial groper and harasser of women would not appear to be connected, but they very much are. By all rights, the arrest of longtime Penn State defense coordinator Jerry Sandusky on rape charges and the university’s athletic director...

Well, Ronald Reagan’s administration used arms money from sales to our enemy, Iran, laundered through Swiss bank accounts to try and stop him. Spreading freedom We shipped cocaine up from South America, tranferring it in Panama (which would cause us a quick, Christmas war to arrest and silence Noriega), glutted the market and midwifed the birth of crack cocaine (which brought the black market back to...

About three weeks ago, Reuters quoted Afghan President Hamid Karzai saying: “God forbid, if ever there is a war between Pakistan and America, Afghanistan will side with Pakistan,” Karzai also said: “Afghanistan will never forget the welcome, the hospitality, the respect, and the brotherhood showed by the Pakistani people towards the Afghan people…Pakistan will never betray their brother.” According...

Dear Mr. Cain: I note that yesterday when you had your fascinating Lincoln-Douglas style debate with Newt Gingrich, you were pressed by the media on lingering questions about the sexual harassment allegations. You seemed to think that as a public figure you can declare a story over when there are in aspects you still need to clear up (you can tell by the questions that you have not answered them sufficiently)...

Sometimes so much can be said with so few words. How about with 29 words: “Homeless veteran” should be a cultural oxymoron. The mere thought of it is profane. What kind of civil society leaves its defenders on winter streets, even for one night? * Just 29 little words. What a powerful, poignant message. Think about it this Veterans Day. * A November 5, 2011, Letter to the New York Times Editor by Mark...

Andy Rooney, a former war correspondent, CBS’s longtime icon, a favorite of viewers, and a role model to those who aspired to broadcast and/or print commentary — someone who could write his copy as well as read it and communicate to viewers — is dead at 92. He had just retired last month: (CBS News) Andy Rooney, the “60 Minutes” commentator known to generations for his wry, humorous...

The Family Research Council, a social conservative advocacy nonprofit headed by Tony Perkins, has awarded Rep. Joe Walsh (R-IL), a Tea Party freshman in Congress, a 100 percent rating as a “True Blue” member of Congress because of his “unwavering support of the family”: “We thank Cong. Walsh who has voted consistently to defend faith, family and freedom,” said the Council’s President, Tony...

Add this to another move by the Herman Cain camp that will be the equivalent of shooting Cain in the foot…with a shotgun: A Herman Cain aide said Thursday that the Cain campaign is considering its legal options over the original Politico story, which revealed that the former head of the National Restaurant Association was accused of sexually harassing at least two women during his tenure in the 1990s. “This...

Crisis PR: Herman Cain, Anthony Weiner and Tiger Woods: A Lesson in how to be Disgraced Publicly by Ronn Torossian CEO of 5WPR Herman Cain is allowing what should have been a two or three day news story about sexual harassment allegations to now enter the 4th day of headlines – with no end in sight as we now see allegations of a 3rd accuser emerging. Now entering the 4th day of headlines, we are still unclear...

What further sign can you see that Herman Cain is in trouble then the fact that the drip-drip-drip has now become closer to a flood of stories on the sexual harassment allegations and he publication by the conservative website Pajamas Media of more details of an alleged sexual harassment incident. This can’t be dismissed as that bad, ‘ol liberal media moving another step in a nefarious plot to...

Our political Quote of the Day is actually a must-read-post of the day. In fact, in this instance we’ll give you part of the post and then request TMV readers to go to THIS LINK to be sure to read it all. From NYU journalism pro Jay Rosen, the latest target of one of the latest device on the 24/7 partisan, ideological war in polarized America: the “sting” not done to elicit news but to get...

It’s official. Kris Humphries wanted to live in his native Minnesota. Kim Kardashian wanted to live in LA. They never discussed it before the wedding vows and didn’t work it out after the marriage. So what choice did Kim have? Divorce was the only solution. You can learn more about this theory of reality-show-for-profit romance, marriage and separation at TMZ . Not to worry though. USA Today is confident...

No Shame by Michael Reagan Reporter: ‘We’re Not Going To Get Into Details Of Exactly What Happened’… Fmr. Secy: Not the Cain I know… CAIN FLASHBACK: ‘I’M READY FOR HIGH-TECH LYNCHING’… Coulter: ‘They Are Terrified Of Strong, Conservative Black Men’… RUSH: ‘Unconscionable Racially Charged Attack’… ‘Occupy Politico’… The...

I don’t think anyone would describe Pulitzer Prize Winner for Commentary Kathleen Parker as a Liberal. A member of the Washington Post Writers Group, she describes herself politically as “slightly to the right of center.” Sharon Grisby, deputy editorial page editor, The Dallas Morning News, has described her writing and her journalistic talents as follows: In a media genre that’s all too...

A new University of Missouri study finds that the political ferocity of weblogs has become a national polarizing force. Here’s the press release in full: A University of Missouri study of recent political blogs indicates politics are getting nastier due to digital media, which are segmenting people into polarized interest groups. The researcher recommends a balanced approach to finding information in order...

And that is not leadership. Whether we’re talking Herman Cain’s economic plan (9-9-9 or 9-0-9) or how he and his campaign are failing to deal with Politico’s reporting on the settlement specifics between the National Restaurant Association (when Cain was its head) and two of its former employees regarding alleged sexual harassment in the workplace, Cain seems to believe that he can reduce,...

I had originally planned to write this for Halloween, the day that UNESCO or WHO, or one of them acronyms calculates that the world population will reach seven billion. But though the papers have jumped the gun all week, prisoner of the zeitgeist that I am, I have held on until today. Happy Halloween. (All seven billion of you.) SEVEN BILLION, kiddies: Seven billion kiddies. We have overgrazed our forage, we...

Is Texas Gov. Rick Perry about to remake himself on the national stage after a launch that will be studied by political science in recent years as a case study in how to obliterate a well-hyped entrance? Perhaps so. This video is making the rounds in the mainstream media, new media and on You Tube. It shows a relaxed, passionate, likable Rick Perry. If he can appear this way in debates, his numbers will go up....

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