Fed up with his bad week in Washington, Cain went into attack mode, accusing nameless political enemies of launching a smear campaign.

Courtesy of CNN

Clearly fed up with the sexual harassment controversy, Cain revealed his flair for the dramatic during an appearance in Washington Wednesday morning, telling an audience of tech executives that anonymous "factions" are waging war against his campaign.

"There are factions that are trying to destroy me, personally as well as this campaign," Cain said, according to CNN. "But there is a force greater at work here that is much greater than those that would destroy me and destroy this campaign and this journey to the White House. And that force is called the voice of the people."

Cain apparently had the wrong audience. His tirade was met with crickets, forcing Cain to remind the audience: "Y'all are supposed to applaud."

Which they did, eventually.