Back on November 2nd, I wrote this:

When Herman Cain reacted to the exposure of his sexual harassment past by denying it, then attacking the accusers, I thought to myself, Why? That’s just a red flag for people who know the truth to tell it, at which point he’ll be proved a liar.

Last night an Atlanta woman named Ginger White announced that she had had a 13-year affair with Herman Cain.

Why did she come forward now?

According to the Times,

Ms. White said she came forward after seeing how Mr. Cain, a businessman who lives in Atlanta, treated the women who had accused him of harassment.

“It bothered me that they were being demonized,” Ms. White said. “I felt bad for them.”

As does about half the country.

Cain denies entirely that he’d had an affair with her, and when asked about the fact that she presented records of 61 phone calls and texts from him, said that he was “trying to help her financially.”

To be sure, Ms. White hasn’t led a perfect life: She’s an unemployed single mother who has filed for bankruptcy, been evicted from apartments, and once had a restraining order filed against her after an accusation of stalking.

But putting the pieces together…isn’t this the kind of woman that Herman Cain hits on? The kind he can help with gifts and promises of a job; the kind over whom he has a power advantage.

Heck of a president this guy would make.

And a final point: What does it say about Herman Cain that a) either he was in denial about all this stuff coming out, or b) he just thought he could lie and smear his way through it when it did?