[nfldgirl]

Has anyone asked and/or answered the question as to how this ended up in the hands of Politico? Why Politico? Where’s the behind-the-scenes connecting of the dots as to how Politico came by this allegation story? (Gosh...this is on the news nonstop every frickin 30 minutes!)

[Servant of the Cross]

Has anyone asked and/or answered the question as to how this ended up in the hands of Politico?

Whenever Team Romney had rumors they wanted to start about other candidates, Jonathan Martin has been their go-to guy to get those rumors in writing in front of a national audience.

Diogenesis has highlighted the historical connection of TeamRomney with JournoLister Jonathan Martin.

[Verginius Rufus]

The Democrats have a long history of digging up dirt on Republican candidates—Anita Hill in 1991, Larry Flynt in 1998 using information to blackmail Republican politicians, etc. It would be an obvious line of research to go to Cain’s previous associations and see if they could find anyone who had anything negative on him. The two women are quite likely Democrats who would be happy to see Cain destroyed, and happy to talk to liberal journalists looking for dirt.