democratic strategist jemal simmons is a principal at the raven group and jeanne cummings is a deputyou. i know you've been personally pretty critical of cain's handling of this, but overall, th conservative commentariat has been sort of supportive of cain. >> i don't think it's been entirely supportive, like kevin williams took a position similar to mine. i think that's going to largely change over time. >> what would make it change? >> i think what's going to change is how he handles this, and if he repeats a day today like he did yesterday, i think you're going to see much more criticism on the process side of it, which he is, i think, entirely deserving of receiving, and that is just as karl said, the contrary statements, evolving story, the unpreparedness. remember, this is a guy who's selling himself as a business executive and that was his appeal as an outsider, as a can-do guy, a problem-solver. this is a pretty big problem and he hasn't solved it. >> jemal simmons, as an operative, you've been on your share of bad days like this. you watch this evolving story. is this a case