Hi Yaelle, this is how I look at it:
Who stands to gain from this the most? Who said that they wanted to “destroy Newt Gingrich” not just beat him in the Florida primary? Whose campaign repeatedly claims “so and so” is going to endorse him, and the so-called endorser has to issue a statement of correction (i.e. Jeb Bush & Michele Bachmann)? Which group leaked salacious and untrue stories about Sarah Palin during the 2008 campaign, hoping to ruin her political prospects? Who has been caught, by Wolf Blitzer himself, lying about an ad that has his own voice approving of? Which campaign has low-down snakes who were part of the Drudge Report, which just happened to release a flurry of anti-Gingrich stories all in one day—a few days before the Florida primary, most of which were later proven false?
IMO, all arrows point to Romney. I even suspect that his campaign was behind all the Cain stuff. He isn’t a very nice man, and he runs a very nasty campaign. This is probably just the tip of the iceberg, as he has been planning this run since at least 2005. He is ENTITLED, and no one is going to get in his way!
Shoot! I forgot the most important question:
Who would actually KNOW that Trump was preparing to endorse? Only the two camps involved in the endorsement: Romney and Trump. Why would Newt pull a Trump endorsement out of thin air? How would Newt even KNOW that Trump was actually going to endorse someone—and the next day at that? The very first Trump stories came out as an endorsement for Newt. Then later in the day Drudge comes out with the headline about a Trump endorsement, but with ROMNEY’S photo. (Was Drudge part of the ruse? Hmmmmm.)
It had to come from either Romney or Trump. Now on to “who has the most to gain from trying to embarrass Newt?” Process of elimination brings me to Romney.