Just a few minutes ago I got another one. This time it is saying that generous donors will match all donations given within the next 48 hours. But again, it has the Cruz flame logo. It says it’s for Cruz for President, but that it was sent by and from Romney for President, 500 Cummings Center, Suite 4400, Beverly, MA 01915.
Are Romney and Cruz in bed together? Or is someone at Romney’s office bootlegging off of Cruz’s name and the ongoing campaign to skim off a few hundred thousand for themselves?
I still think it’s most likely that someone in the Cruz organization is using old Romney ads, in who knows what computer file format, as starting “templates”. They may well generate quite a few versions of the new Cruz ad, all saved with similar filenames, then whoever decides picks the one they like best. (It could be a group or committee doing the picking.) Then the selected version goes out for publication. But, in the rush to do this sort of stuff, an earlier version that did not have the change of address edited in, goes out. I’ve made similar mistakes myself with engineering drawings, usually eliciting a response from someone such as “What, I thought we decided that part can be 4mm thick, not 5mm thick!”
I’d also note that the address you received does not match the last address for Romney’s campaign that I was able to find online (a pretty quickie search, I’ll grant you.) So, it could be a scam, but the scammee would have to be pretty dense to send a donation intended for Cruz to Romney. Still, a lot of older folks are susceptible to what seem like scams no one would fall for (like voter “violation” cards?)