I have no idea why Cain, or more specifically Bloch, felt the need to go there. Unless they have evidence Perry leaked the story, it was dumb.
Today, however, I began to wonder, why did Perry hire a former Cain guy anyway? Political operatives are a dime a dozen. Why this particular guy? Who just so happened to have worked for the candidate beginning to pull away from the pack in the polls? If for no other reason, that alone looks suspicious.
If you read the news articles that came out at the time he hired both men it said why he hired them, it was after the last debate and it was because he needed to add some experienced people who were more familiar with the entire political landscape, not just the Texas landscape... and Anderson came with a good recommendation. Anderson has said any news orgs he has spoken to are welcome to reveal any and all communications, so far I have not seen Cain telling NRA he would like those women released to speak; but tomorow the NRA will make their decision... BTW the current head of the NRA is a Romney supporter AND has worked for Obama in this adinistration, so jumping directly to Perry was a huge stretch from Cain.
From what I’ve read, he’s a good political advisor, a hard worker, and has connections in Georgia that are helpful. Professional campaign advisors bounce around from candidate to candidate, usually because they like the candidate but also because they think they are viable.
Maybe Cain fingered Anderson because he tried to get Anderson on his staff but Anderson turned him down. Who knows?
But given that Anderson regularly works on major campaigns, it would make no sense for him to leak something he was told as a campaign advisor. That would pretty much put him out of business. What campaign would hire a guy knowing the guy might leak details later on?
Which means that if Cain didn’t have absolute proof, he should have known he was threatening Curt’s livelyhood with his unfounded accusation.