Cain's Latest Foreign Policy Flub Centers On Libya
MIAMI (CBSMiami.com) – Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is heading to South Florida this week, but he is back-pedaling Tuesday after his most recent foreign policy gaffe.
In an interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial board Monday, Cain seemed to be at a loss for words when he was asked about Libya.
Cain stumbled at first and then said he would have assessed the situation differently while stumbling trying to determine which foreign policy element he was discussing.
Cain's stumbling follows close on the heels of fellow GOP presidential candidate Rick Perry's infamous nearly minute long stumble of trying to recount the third government agency he would seek to close if he was elected president.
Cain has struggled as well in other foreign policy questions. The former Godfather's Pizza CEO said earlier this month that China was "trying to develop a nuclear capability."
However, China has had nuclear weapons since October 1964.
Cain, who went from long-shot to frontrunner status based on his victory in a Florida Republican straw poll earlier this year, is now mired in a dead heat in the GOP primary.
According to the latest polling from Bloomberg News, Cain leads the pack at 20 percent, but he is trailed closely by Ron Paul at 19 percent, Mitt Romney at 18 percent and Newt Gingrich at 17 percent among likely Iowa caucus-goers.
Meanwhile, former frontrunner Texas governor Rick Perry is polling at just seven percent and Minnesota Congresswoman Michele Bachmann, who won the Iowa straw poll is receiving just five percent support.
