If you think about it, Cruz had no choice but to say the buck stops here over the mailing. If he isolated and threw staff under the muddy bus over it, he’d have morale problems going forward. Now, if his people knew he didn’t advocate it, they’ll be re-moralized as Iowa will wind up giving Trump and Cruz around the same number of delegates, unless the Trump turnout explodes.
I like Cruz a lot more than the Donald, but this is concerning both in terms of the substance and his response. Being unable or unwilling to admit even the smallest error isn't a good thing. Something like this should have been laughed off as something dumb done in the heat of a campaign. The disabled old lady who complained about it could have been treated to a personal visit by Ted with a basket of cookies for an apology, and he could have made it something nice.
“If you think about it, Cruz had no choice but to say the buck stops here over the mailing”
yeah, and throwing staff under the bus would backfire, BUT the smarter move would have probably been to simply admit that in retrospect he could see how some people might be upset and it probably wasn’t the smartest thing to do after all. Cruz would have looked like a real man saying something to that effect, even Presidential perhaps.