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Herman Cain on Wednesday vowed to stay in the presidential race and decried a "character assassination on me."

Cain only vaguely alluded to the brewing controversy surrounding his alleged extramarital affair â€" and subsequent decision to "reassess" his campaign â€" in what was billed as a "way forward" speech by campaign manager Mark Block earlier in the day in an interview with ABC.

"They want you to believe that with enough character assassination on me, I will drop out," a defiant Cain said, before telling supporters that "we the people, you and I, are still in charge of this country."

Cain also said that liberals and the political establishment wanted to "shoot me down, tear me down" because of objections to his policy programs.

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