The reason I said Clintonites as I was told by a reliable person that they followed Rudy around on the campaign trail for other candidates. That's why I would take it to the bank they were responsible in some way.
The Clintonites have been showing up at his functions much the way they did at George Allen's except Rudy handles them much better. Remember the amount of money that the Clinton's pay to PI's to get dirt on opponents?
I am sticking with it was a Clintonite. I don't think any of the GOP campaigns were turn this over to the media because if it came out, they would be toast and no reason for them to follow Rudy around. I am not convinced this document wasn't doctored.
Weaver Twists the Knife
John McCain's chief strategist says he can't get over the publication this morning of an incredible Giuliani campaign document that was apparently lost by one of Rudy's operatives and obtained, inconveniently enough for the former mayor, by Ben Smith of the Daily News.
"There is nothing in there that is particularly surprising to me other than the nature by which it became public," said John Weaver, a senior advisor to McCain.
Referring to Giuliani's private sector business, Weaver said, "I thought it was a security company."
About the major donors listed as targets in the document who have since signed on with McCain, he said, "Senator McCain is honored that so many key fund-raisers and activists are encouraging him to run, and they would be at the top of the list for anyone running for president, whether it be McCain, Giuliani, Romney, whoever. We feel both fortunate and honored that they have chosen us."
The primary lesson, according to Weaver: "Don't put pen to paper."
The detailed plan was, according to Ben's exclusive account in the Daily News, obtained from "a source sympathetic to one of Giuliani's rivals for the White House."
-- Jason Horowitz
http://thepoliticker.observer.com/2007/01/weaver-twists-the-knife.html