So Cain’s Over.

“President Obama called for the removal of Gaddafi. Just want to make sure we’re talking about the same thing before I say, yes I agree, I know I didn’t agree. I do not agree with the way he handled it for the following reason — no, that’s a different one. I gotta go back to… Got all this stuff twirling around in my head. Specifically, what are you asking me, did I agree or not disagree with on what?”

That’s Herman Cain, struggling to collect his thoughts in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, which was videotaped. In the same interview, he came out in support of collective bargaining rights for public employees, a conservative sin graver than any harassment of women. At the link, you can watch the video of his Perryesque Libya answer and his new found love of worker’s rights.

So Cain’s over. He is already dropping like a stone in the polls.

ORC International for CNN. 11/11-13. Republican primary voters. ±4.5%. (10/14-16 results.)

Romney: 24 (26)
Gingrich: 22 (8)
Cain: 14 (25)
Perry: 12 (13)
Paul: 8 (9)
Bachmann: 6 (6)
Huntsman: 3 (1)
Santorum: 3 (3)

An 11 point drop before this interview. I expect Cain to be Bachmann territory shortly. Meanwhile, a new Public Policy Polling survey shows Newt Gingrich taking the lead, with 28%, followed by Herman Cain at 25% and Mitt Romney at 18%. The rest of the field: Rick Perry at 6%, Michele Bachmann and Ron Paul at 5%, Jon Huntsman at 3%, and Gary Johnson and Rick Santorum each at 1%.

“Gingrich’s lead caps an amazing comeback he’s made over the last 5 months. In June his favorability nationally with Republican voters plummeted all the way to 36/49. Now he’s at 68/23, representing a 58 point improvement in his spread since then. As recently as August Gingrich was mired in single digits at 7%, and even in September he was at just 10%. He’s climbed 18 points in less than 2 months.”

So the King (Cain) is dead, long live the King (Gingrich). How long will Gingrich last? I mean, the GOP cannot possibly nominate him, right?