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Is Team Romney already Ramping 'Dirty Tricks', again.

2011:

“As it became increasingly clear that Perry was
faltering, a prominent Perry supporter, state Rep.
Matt Gaetz, claimed in a Twitter post that
Romney’s campaign had been encouraging its
backers to vote for Cain. A competing rumor,
hours earlier, had the Romney camp secretly
supporting Ron Paul.“ [post 193]

Romney Ramps up Romney Dirty Tricks

2008:

"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

Poor sport spoiler Romney doing what he does best:

Novak: "Fred Thompson drop-out rumors traced to Romney campaign"

Said Novak: "The rumors were traced in part to Mitt Romney's campaign,
trying to stir up strife between McCain and Thompson."

"Despite outspending his rivals by huge margins throughout the primaries,
(Mitt Romney, Carpetbagger UT,CA,MA,NH,Mexico) lost Iowa, South Carolina, Florida and California.
The only primaries he won were in Michigan, where Dad was governor; LDS states;
and a few states on Super Tuesday in which his California-obsessed rivals
couldn't spare the cash to advertise.
Only John Connolly in 1968 had a worse cash-to-delegates ratio.
And John McCain rightly did not like Romney's tactics during the primaries.
(W)hen (Romney's early leads) started slipping away, he resorted to unfair,
distorted, scorched-earth negative ads, betting that his opponents couldn't
afford to spend enough for the truth to catch up to his charges."
[Romney: A Mistake for McCain, 7/23/2008, Dick Morris]

If Romney was behind Cain’s win (which I doubt),the cure may be worse than the disease, for them. Cain needed a breakout, needed to get out from the bottom tier and gain national publicity. If by sabotaging Perry, Romney created a candidate conservatives could unify around (assuming Sarah stays out) it could be the means to prevent a repeat of McLame. The conservative vote has to unify around one candidate or we end up with Romney (unless Christie jumps in to dilute the establishment vote).