On Saturday, Cain appeared to be in no mood to field questions on the sexual harassment charges. He snapped at reporters before his one-on-one Texas debate with GOP presidential rival Newt Gingrich. He credited himself for sticking to a normal schedule (which included a ballad at the National Press Club).

"I did not think that it would be like this, this soon, in terms of, of how some people wanted to come after me and my campaign," Cain said. "That part surprised me. But it didn't surprise me that it was gonna happen, we just didn't know how, when, what, or whatever the case may be. And yes, it was a very challenging week. But what I'm proudest of is that first, we didn't cancel one engagement. I didn't cancel not one speech and not one interview. Because I refused to get thrown off message and I refuse to overreact to something that we knew or we know that eventually's gonna be shown that is really not factually driven.