Which isn't to say that there isn't one.
Here's an excerpt from her article on CNN.com
Herman Cain's appeal was that he was real. He wasn't politically savvy or polished. And when a candidate, as Charles Krauthammer asserted, decides to "wing it," as he did, that means that two things will happen. One, the candidate will appear authentic, unscripted, genuine and approachable. And two, the candidate will make mistakes. Cain made a bunch.
In his announcement, Cain blamed the media for spinning his campaign. And his supporters, as well as some conservative commentators, will likely continue to blame the media, Democrats and the women who spoke out against him for his campaign's demise. They will bemoan the campaign trail as an ugly place that eats its unsuspecting victims alive. But as unprepared as Cain may have been for life in the political spotlight and the invasive cavity search that is performed on presidential hopefuls, the truth is he was far less prepared to actually be our president.
He can't blame the media for his fumbles on foreign policy, or his inability to explain his own position on abortion. Nor can he blame Democrats or his alleged victims for his failure to sell his 9-9-9 plan as the solution to all of our ills.
Herman Cain is not a victim. He's a man who decided he deserved the highest vote of confidence the country could give him. And though he may be a genuine, likable and thoughtful person with some good ideas, he did not deserve that vote.
Herman Cain knew what he didn't know. He should have realized that it was too much to be president.
Whether Cain's indiscretions are the stuff of sin or the stuff of slander only he, his accusers and his God know for sure.
And since his detractors and/or opponents had everything to gain from his political demise, it's easy to make a case that what has happened is, in fact, the flawless execution of a remarkably well planned character assassination.
If that's the case, then Cupp is, in fact, wrong.
Cain is a victim.
If not, then not.
Her contention, though, that Cain can't claim victim status and has failed in his quest because he simply didn't "deserve that vote" is flawed.
Because it wasn't his failure to connect with voters that has ended this campaign.
We will, now, never know the truth, the whole truth and nothing but as regards what, or who, Herman Cain did or didn't do.
As a result, we're going to be denied the chance to weigh in on the merits, or lack, of what he had to offer us in the way of leadership.
None of which, of course, necessarily makes Herman Cain a victim.
But there is one.
That would be us.
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