It was a slick little trick that worked one time.
I will give them credit for being on top of events and quickly putting it to work. Clintonesque parsing as it were...
But not useful going forward. Won’t happen again I’d think this campaign cycle.
I wouldn’t be too sure Cruz et al wouldn’t use it again. It’s a long campaign and people have very short memories.
How did it work? Is there evidence one voter switched votes because of it? No committed voter would switched based on the word of another campaign. On the other hand, in a caucus situation, supporters of candidates with low totals often migrate to top tier candidates. Like what happened with O’Malley voters.
I think it screwed Ted going forward.