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One week after sexual harassment allegations fromon more than a decade ago resurfaced, GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain addressed the controversy in an interview that aired on Fox News' "Geraldo At Large" on Sunday night.

Cain discussed the feelings his wife Gloria had about the ordeal. His remarks came after she had a change of heart about making a public appearance on Fox News last week.

"My wife, obviously like most spouses, actually took it harder than I did because she knew about this, she knew that there was baseless from 1999," Cain told Rivera. "And I've had people telling me that usually the family members, um, they're the ones that emotionally take it so much -- take it harder than the candidates. See the candidate being me, it's like I'm in the boxing match every day, throwing punches back, alright. Well when you've got to turn on the TV and watch all of the, uh, exaggerations and innuendos about your husband that you know hadn't done anything wrong, it can have an emotional toll. But she's doing fine now, she's doing fine now."

In assessing actions from his campaign to do damage control over the past week, Cain acknowledged that things "got off to a little bit of a bumpy start" and explained "that was because we made a decision and I thought that when we make the final decision, that I wanted to confront this immediately because I knew I had nothing to hide." He added, "I knew that that there was nothing to these faceless claims. I knew that. And even though I may not have responded on Monday morning as crisply and precise as I did later in the day, I'd do it all over again if I had to."

Allegations aside, Cain vowed that he's in it for the long haul. He cited last week's fundraising figures, which showed him netting hundreds of thousands of dollars on the web.

"I am in it to win it," Cain told Rivera. "And far as we're concerned, these allegations aren't going anywhere. I mean people might make up some more stuff. We are in it to win it. And here's one other thing. Last week, in the middle of this fire storm, we have had the best fundraising week in the history of this campaign. The American people are sick of government politics."

Cain predicted that his campaign will not be adversely affected by the accusations. Despite several twists and turns surrounding his public statements on the charges, the former Godfather's Pizza CEO appears to be standing strong in key GOP footholds like South Carolina.