Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., indicated that the latest allegations against Herman Cain will end his campaign, which she thinks will benefit her presidential candidacy, and she levelled a series of attacks at the surging Newt Gingrich.
“When [the latest accusation] came out yesterday, everyone said ‘this is it he’s done,'” Bachmann answered when Minnesota talk show host Scott Hennen asked if Cain is finished. “People just don’t see that there is an ability for him to be able to come back after that.”
Bachmann told Hennen that Cain’s fall helps her. “I think all of these [frontrunner falls] do benefit me,” she said. “I think that Rick Perry’s slide in the polls benefits me, I think that with Herman Cain, and I think now we’re re-looking at Newt Gingrich because more information is coming out.”
She criticized Gingrich for his work as a lobbyist, and reminded voters of her opposition to Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., over global warming — which seemed like an allusion to the global warming video that Gingrich shot with Pelosi.
“Common sense conservative voters are looking for their champion,” Bachmann added. “I think they’ll be coming home.”
