Cain dodges questions via hotel’s back door

HIS presidential campaign in turmoil, Republican favourite Herman Cain refused to say last night whether he will ask his former employer — the National Restaurant Association — to terminate confidentiality restrictions on women who accused him of sexual harassment in the 1990s while he was head of the trade group.

The White House hopeful, who has been steadily at or remained near the top of national surveys and polls in early nominating states, was supposed to take questions after a speech to healthcare professionals, but ultimately refused and left the hotel through a back door.

“I’m here to visit with these doctors and that’s what I’m going to talk about, so don’t even bother asking me all of these other questions that you all are curious about, okay? Don’t even bother,” a testy Cain told a throng of reporters who were peppering him with questions.