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By Elayne Fluker | Published December 5, 2011 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

Herman Cain and wife Gloria Cain This past Saturday, December 3, 2011, Herman Cain---former frontrunner in the Republican presidential nominee race---announced that he was withdrawing his candidacy. To blame in the eyes of many? Sexual harassment claims from several women who worked with Cain when he was head of the National Restaurant Association. The most recent, however, and arguably the nail in the sex scandal coffin, was claims from an Atlanta woman, Ginger White, that the two had a 13-year affair. In spite of the accusations, Cain maintains they're false, saying Saturday, "My wife is at peace with me... And I am at peace with myself." In an interview with Fox News---her only---wife Gloria Cain said, "He totally respects women." During her few public appearances, Mrs. Cain smiled, waved, and made no public statements.

Herman Cain and wife Gloria Cain

This past Saturday, December 3, 2011, Herman Cain—former frontrunner in…