Rush Limbaugh quoted this story today, which means it will gain some prominence in the coming days. Paul Prados, the blogger at the Northern Virginia Lawyer, has looked

into political donors on the Board of Directors of the National Restaurant Association for potential ties to presidential campaigns, I have attempted to identify anyone privy to inside information about the National Restaurant Association who also has recent ties to any presidential campaign. According to the October 2011 FEC report for ROMNEY FOR PRESIDENT INC. a gentlemen named Steven C. Anderson gave $1,000.00 on July 14, 2011. FEC search function here. Steven C. Anderson is the same gentlemen who took over the helm as Chief Executive Officer at the National Restaurant Association (after a brief intermission) upon Herman Cain’s departure in 1999. As CEO it is highly likely he would have been privy to details of litigation and threats about litigation from the immediately previous tenure of Herman Cain.

Although Mr. Prados admits that this “is little more than a coincidence between the support for Mitt Romney and the likelihood that Mr. Anderson knows the background of the sexual harassment threats,” this will force Mitt Romney to defend himself against claims that he leaked the Herman Cain story, and will lessen the amount of coverage of Herman Cain’s explanations regarding the allegations.

However, it seems quite unlikely that Mitt Romney was involved in this story, as he has seemingly preferred Herman Cain’s rise over the other candidates. The rest of the post here.