Cain manages crisis with denial, humor, song (AP)

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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20111101/ap_on_go_ot/us_cain_crisis_management"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20111031/capt.0b2f42ee85564bdd93bd36c8ba397e1d-0b2f42ee85564bdd93bd36c8ba397e1d-0.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=6QpRnokfmmnB.PXnuJA0WQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Republican presidential candidate, Herman Cain holds up a muffin that has his catch-phrase 9-9-9 tax plan printed on it, before speaking at the National Press Club in Washington, Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)" border="0" /></a>AP - It's one of the starkest tests of viability for any presidential candidate: crisis management, the ability to step past an explosive charge and re-direct the news. Republican presidential hopeful Herman Cain, a relative newcomer to national politics, had trouble passing Monday during a whirlwind of speeches and interviews in the shadow of sexual harassment allegations.</p><br clear="all"/>

 

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