First there were two women, then a prominent conservative talk show host came forward alleging that Cain acted inappropriately towards several of his female employees, and now, on top of the other allegations, there is a third woman accusing Cain of misconduct. To make matters worse for the Cain campaign, we now find out that there were apparently witnesses to several of these incidents.

Cain claims that during his 2004 run for Senate he divulged the - according to him - baseless allegations of sexual harassment to a campaign consultant, just so the campaign could be prepared for all eventualities. That consultant, incidentally, started working for the Perry campaign just over a week ago, right before the story broke.

Now if Herman Cain knew about these allegations back in 2004 and recognized them as an issue even at that stage, one would think that his presidential campaign would have been prepared to deal with and diffuse the story. This is one of the reasons why Herman Cain's cryptic and combative initial response did nothing to inspire confidence in his version of events. He is now trying to place the blame on the Perry campaign and his old campaign consultant, but it just doesn't add up.

I know that there are a lot of Herman Cain fans who are probably livid that I'm even considering the possibility of Herman Cain being guilty of sexual impropriety. I know that it's our tendency as humans to discount anything that goes against what we believe. But if Herman Cain is guilty of wrongdoing, we have to call him out on it.

At the same time, there's no point in jumping to conclusions - as the media tries to force us to do - until we have all the facts. Cain fans and opponents alike need to keep an open mind about his innocence or guilt. Everyone, no matter which candidate they support, should recognize that at this point, it is virtually impossible for us to know what the truth is.

If these allegations turn out to be more than just mostly anonymous claims by several women who profited financially from accusing Cain, then conservatives should condemn him with vehemence. The same is true for all politicians: if President Obama were guilty of sexual indiscretions, we should condemn him as well; but Cain is the one on the hot seat, not the president.

When it comes to matters of morality and fairness, we should not discriminate based on political affiliation in either our accusations or defenses of politicians. What's wrong is wrong, regardless of who the culprit is.

Until we know more I'm not jumping to Cain's defense as so many conservative pundits seem inclined to do. Rush Limbaugh and Ann Coulter both made strong statements in defense of Cain which, if he turns out to be guilty of some sort of impropriety, will look really foolish (not that either of them haven't looked foolish before).

I'm also not willing to condemn Cain based on an as-of-now vague charge of sexual harassment that supposedly occurred in the 90s. There have been too many good men whose careers, families, and lives have been destroyed because of false allegations of sexual impropriety. I'm not going to be part of destroying Cain's political career, unless I know that he is guilty.

Politics is a team sport, which is often good for politicians, but bad for all of us plebeians. Whoever is behind this story getting out wants voters to attack Cain, even if the allegations are false. Cain wants everyone to join his side in opposing the allegations, even if they're true and a cause for serious concern.

We have to refrain from making strong statements until all the details are brought to light, at which point we will have to make a judgment about Cain's character.

It is our responsibility to put justice and fairness before politics.