What if nobody leaked it? Last month, a news organization took the time to talk to EVERY person they could find associated with Rick Perry and his family, to the point where they found someone who mentioned a rock at a hunting camp that had a bad word on it painted over.
Think about that. That wasn't "leaked" by a poltical campaign, that was a news organization digging into minute details of the front-runner's life.
And you think that the same level of digging that found a rock in a field from 1981 wouldn't find an actual SETTLEMENT of an harrassment charge in the 1990s?
Why are we so quick to assume that the media wouldn't try to dig up dirt on our candidates, that we assume a political campaign did it? Why do we think a story like this is easier for a political campaign to learn than a news organization?
People know things that happen around them. And when they see a person suddenly famous, and they know something about that person, they talk. There were two women and several of their friends who knew about this, and saw Cain in the news. It makes perfect sense that one of them would talk to the media.
IMHO, the best approach is to go on offense about what Obama has done as POTUS. Period. It's a VERY easy thing to attack, because the truth is a powerful weapon.
Oh, apparently, more than a few people have known about this for years and years.
What I mean by “October Surprise” is that classical last ditch effort by general election candidates who’re behind or worried and pull out the real dirt against their opponent during the final weeks or days to try to alter the race in a quick, reactionary way.
It’s very possible that someone in the media floated this episode. All I was saying was that it most likely was not someone directly related with the Dem Party as this type of thing is not necessary at this point and time. I’m sure the media is working night/day to find everything they can against all of the GOP candidates.
The thing with that is, if the candidates themselves go helping the media then it’s pretty damn hard to blame the media entirely for it. Perry’s, um, “rock” issue was probably not something anyone gave much thought to and I can understand that. But this, sexual accusations with money changing hands and with records kept and lawyers involved, this is quite another. This should have been burning bright in his mind for the last 15 years. It should never have fallen into the “gee, I dunno, can’t remember” file in his head.
Cain stammering around, changing his story, and most of all, reacting in the way he has, makes the “question” signs pop-up. The fact that either he or his campaign were completely unprepared for this or thought it wouldn’t be an issue is the galling part.