The best thing that could have been done was to ignore it, and I'd bet the vast majority of folks who ended up seeing it only did so after Trump made it an issue. Kind of like the Willie Horton ad.
Cruz was under no more obligation to denounce it that was Kasich, and denouncing a minor ad of which few people were aware would have just drawn attention to it.
Not denouncing something with which you were not affiliated is not nearly the sin of promulgation something offense yourself.
This is the old political dirty tricks - the PACs play dirty and the candidate has plausible deniability so their hands can be free of mud. Like Trump or not a least Trump says what he says to your face like a man. #CruzSexScandal
Did you ever hear rush talk about the Limbaugh theorem, do something and blame someone else. I see Cruz doing this...”I know nothing it was a pac”. We’ve seen this a few times now. Learned from Obama maybe?
I don’t really understand your last sentence, but I wonder, why is it ok that Cruz did not immediately denounce the ad done by the PAC (even though Cruz did not place the ad), but it is NOT ok that Trump didn’t immediately denounce David Duke’s endorsement?
Agreed. This gutter broadcasting is enhancing neither campaign. This is one bone not easily swallowed by most voters. Entertaining for the many (voters and non-voters), it is corrosive and will in time cumulative damage those involved.