Cain’s exit makes Republican race a two-man contest

WITH the implosion of Herman Cain’s campaign amid accusations of adultery and sexual harassment, the once-crowded 2012 Republican presidential field appears to be narrowing to a two-man race between Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich.

Republican voters have one month before the Iowa caucuses. Gingrich is showing strength in the latest Iowa poll, while Romney is strong in New Hampshire, the site of the first primary.

Romney has maintained a political network since his failed 2008 presidential bid, especially in New Hampshire while Gingrich, whose campaign nearly collapsed several months ago, is relying on his debate performances and the goodwill he built up with some conservatives as a congressional leader in the 1980s and 1990s.