Perry Campaign Denies Accusations they are Behind Harassment Story; Say “Wouldn’t Put it Past” Romney Campaign to be the Culprit

This whole thing is beginning to look like a soap opera.

Tonight, the Rick Perry Campaign has denied accusations from Herman Cain’s Chief of Staff that they were behind leaking information to Politico that led to their story on Cain being accused of sexual harassment by two women back in the 1990′s. Perry spokesman Ray Sullivan said they are not behind it, and instead said he “wouldn’t put it past” the Mitt Romney Campaign to be the ones behind it:

DAILY CALLER: Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s campaign denied Herman Cain’s accusation that it leaked information concerning sexual harassment claims against the former pizza mogul, and implied former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney may be the real culprit.

In an interview with Forbes magazine on Wednesday, Cain said he believed his former aide Curt Anderson, now an advisor to the Perry campaign, was the source of the story. When asked about Cain’s comments, Ray Sullivan, Perry’s communications director, denied anyone from the campaign was behind the story.

“That is false, patently untrue; no one at this campaign was involved in this story, and the first we knew about it was when we read Politico,” Sullivan told the National Journal. Sullivan then implied the Romney campaign might be the real source of the leaks, saying he “wouldn’t put it past them.”

“There are blog postings around as well … discussing that Cain’s successor at the restaurant association is a big Romney donor and some of the board members,” said Sullivan. “There are much closer connections between the restaurant association, Cain, and the Romney camp than there are with us.” . . . Read More