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Herman Cain is reassessing the future of his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination, less than 24 hours after a woman said she had an affair with him for more than 13 years, two sources close to the campaign tell CNN.

Cain held a conference call Tuesday morning with his senior campaign staff and told them he is evaluating the viability of his campaign.

One top campaign source tells CNN he expects Cain to make a decision “within a few days” – based on whether fund-raising dries up.

Another source tells CNN that Cain plans to move forward with his schedule, including his speech tonight in Michigan. The call was first reported by the National Review Online.

On Monday, Cain told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room" that the woman’s accusation was coming and would be false.

"It is someone that I know who is an acquaintance that I thought was a friend," Cain said. "I did not have an affair."

"I acknowledge that I knew the woman," he said. "I acknowledge that I have known her for about that period of time. But the accusation that I had a 13-year affair with her, no."

He said his wife's immediate reaction upon hearing of the accusation was, "Here we go again." He said on CNN Monday that he had no plans to drop out of the race. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/11/29/breaking-cain-reassess
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