Whether or not it was effective is not the issue here. The issue is whether it was ethical and moral, especially for a candidate who parades himself around as a devout Christian.
(Yeah, be consistent and go after EVERY pastor and priest who has a fellow staffer who committed the sin of rumor-mongering...) Beyond that, Carson did 1.6% BETTER in votes than polls indicated he would...so no evidence votes were actually switched to Cruz
Leaving aside the question: why did the Carson spokesman make that an announcement that was taken as a CNN reporter as odd, and deserving of a three-four minute speculation on Carson’s intentions. You act as though the Cruz leader made this up out of whole cloth. Carson fumbled and tries to put the blame on the opposition. It was CNN that took the words out of his mouth, not Cruz.
If Carson follows through on doing something about this, I have a feeling there will be a lot of Caucus goers who did change their vote to Cruz because of the lies being told that Carson was dropping out.
I think it’s going to be bigger number than expected. If they changed their vote to Cruz, then Cruz was their second choice and they would not be expecting a dirty trick.
I’ve heard Rubio was doing the same thing, but I haven’t seen any proof about his campaign. Anyone see proof that Rubio’s campaign did it too?