Herman Cain gaffe: Taliban part of new Libyan govt

“Do I agree with siding with the opposition? Do I agree with saying that Gaddafi should go? Do I agree that they now have a country where you’ve got Taliban and Al-Qaeda that’s going to be part of the government?” he said.

“Do I agree with not knowing the government which part was he asking me about? I was trying to get him to be specific and he wouldn’t be specific.”

Cain made a slip-up on Libya earlier this week when he struggled to answer a question whether he supported President Barack Obama’s foreign policy in Libya.

The Republican hopeful stumbled and paused before saying he had “all this stuff twirling around in my head.”

His critics seized on his series of faux pas to stress that the former pizza executive was unprepared to be a party nominee.

Cain’s recent stumbles have opened the door for fresh Republican faces to join the hunt for nomination in 2012 to challenge incumbent Obama.

His foreign policy gaffes come as he is fighting to keep his campaign on track amid mounting harassment scandals. Several women have claimed that he behaved improperly with them,a charge vehemently denied by Cain.