Cain Reax

National Restaurant Association issues no comment/statement: "The incidents in question relate to personnel matters that allegedly took place nearly fifteen years ago. Consistent with our longstanding policy, we don’t comment on personnel issues relating to current or former employees."

Limbaugh comes to Cain's defense, calls Politico story a “hit job," accuses reporters of using the “ugliest racial stereotypes” to the '12 high flier.

Trump too: "Somebody sues you and they say all sorts of things and perhaps he settled just because he didn’t want to go through the legal fees or he didn’t want to spend a lot of money."

Erick Erickson suggests Cain rise led to oppo drop.

RedStater: "We have never seen a candidate publicly vetted before like this. The closest comes with the rise of Mike Huckabee in 2008, when we witnessed what seemed like a never ending media attack. It was, in reality, the other campaigns running as quickly as possible to the media to pour out all the dirt they’d rapidly accumulated."

Concerned Women for America calls for Cain to confirm/deny the story: "I think Herman Cain needs to directly answer the question."