Herman Cain decides to suspend his campaign

CBS news --

Herman Cain said that he would be "technically suspending" his bid for the presidency after the latest in five allegations from women who claimed that they have had relations with Cain.

The now former GOP candidate said in a statement alongside his wife Gloria, "I'm not going to be silenced and I'm not going away.... I am suspending my presidential campaign because of the continued distraction, the continued hurt caused on me and my family..."

does that sound familiar?

If you recall, when Ross Perot was running for president as an independent, he rose in popularity very quickly in a short period of time, in fact, both the Democrats and Republicans were so worried about him that they started mimicking his style. Yes, in short we were being "charted" to death. I have a chart that I would like to show you... :-)

In the end, Ross Perot dropped out of the race when his family began to be threatened.

In my opinion, I think that's was going on here as Herman Cain is obviously a serious threat to the GOP as if looks like he could realistically win the Republican nomination.

#1 just like with Ross Perot, how fast he came up in the ranks out of nowhere got the good old boys extremely worried.

#2 his sudden popularity in the following even though he is not an experienced politician. It is for that reason that a lot of people are really excited about them.

#3 he has a history in business and a proven track record of fixing failing businesses. The organization or business known as the United States of America need somebody who is experienced in managing a large corporation successfully. Politicians at the helm as best they those with no previous business or work experience is not what we need in the Oval Office at this moment.

#4 although not perfect, his popularity in wanting to change the tax code. OUCH! There is too much power and money at risk to start meddling with the system.

#5 it would be really hard for president Obama to pull the race card out again when his opponent is the same color.

#6 the same reason that president Obama got elected was that Americans are tired of the same old same old in DC. The common thinking at least in my little circle of friends, was that there was no way that we wanted to put Bush or a bush like candidate in office and pretty much that's what Senator John McCain was.

Course on the other hand, president Obama got elected by acting like a used car salesman and telling people what they wanted to hear.

"Hope and change."

What is interesting however is that how easily a sexual allegation can destroy a candidate and since the first four did not have a serious impact on Herman Cain's numbers, #5 turned out to be the death blow.

Even though Herman Cain still vows to continue to be a presence in the background just like Sarah Palin starting with his website, you really need to step back for a moment and look at the big picture of what recently happened.

Start with looking at the timing of these women that have come out and made the allegations and almost in perfect order, how each one's allegations topped the other one.

Sadly, I think many people would agree that if Herman Cain did not drop out of the race with now, that there would soon be threats on his life.

In the meantime, the not ready for prime time presidential candidates show must go on.