7 blunders that may haunt Herman Cain

Polls show that the businessman-turned-candidate is a bona fide presidential frontrunner, but a new level of scrutiny is exposing Cain's missteps

Herman Cain's campaign-stinging gaffes are beginning to pile up and and could actually hurt his chances with the Republican nomination.
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Now that Herman Cain has risen to the top of GOP presidential polls, he's getting a lot more scrutiny than he did when he was treading water at the bottom. And as a result, statements and missteps that wouldn't matter if Cain were still a "political novelty act" are suddenly threatening to hurt his campaign. Here, seven of Cain's potentially damaging goof-ups:

1. His big book purchase

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