Something had to be done in response to that article that gave the credit to behind the scenes operatives. Even if the candidate is a puppet pulled along by his behind the scenes staff, you don't want it printed, especially before the contest in question has been held, more or the less, the whole campaign. Whether this was the right move, we will have to see.
If a new talent at a company leads to successful development of a new product which makes the company a lot of money, and the CEO becomes thought of better as a leader in his field, do you get rid of him merely because it is found out that he made the development and not the CEO of the company?
It's almost like Mitt Romney and his people have never actually run anything.
This is not a company, it is a campaign. The product is the candidate. And anything that is credited to behind the scenes, shady operatives, hurts the candidate. When it comes to a campaign the best situation is complete silence on the mechanics beyond just speculation. Because it can get the candidate off message and lead to various critiques.
