Who's Lying?

With all the allegations against Herman Cain of Sexual Harassment, this is my one question. Although four women have come out and made claims against Herman Cain, with one explicitly telling her story of how Cain harassed her, Cain remains adamant that he is innocent of these claims, stating today that the accusations against him "simply didn't happen," and that the claims against him are "part of a coordinated effort to attack his character and derail his campaign." Although it is a bit hard to believe that a coordinated attack on his campaign of this magnitude with lies this strong and convincing could be pulled off, it's also extremely hard to believe that a candidate of Herman Cain's magnitude, with the place he is in right now, would directly lie about claims of this nature; if he did, it would certainly come back to bite him. Maybe it will, but to me it seems that, either this is a cover-up which Cain is trying to orchestrate essentially by himself without even letting his staff in on the truth, or Cain is innocent of the claims. Either way, this is a story which I can't see turning out in any way but a loss of support for Cain, if for no other reason than this is all people have heard of Cain for the past few weeks, and all people will hear of him for then next few weeks. It's not the change Herman Cain will bring to America; it's the (supposed) sexual harassment Herman Cain has committed. At a time when so many are still trying to form their opinions of him, this could seriously affect his chances of being nominated, regardless of whether the claims against him are true or false. Unfortunately for Cain, his slate is tarnished in the minds of many voters, and if he theoretically was awarded the nomination, many choosing between Obama and Cain would choose Obama merely because of the perception they have of Cain in their minds. Regardless of the truth or falsehood to the claims, I don't see any scenario at this point where Cain can completely recover from this and go on to become the next President of the United States.

Source: Washington Post.