> “ But, the Cruz Campaign does flinch: “Governor Christie is a good man and we appreciate his taking the time to point out Senator Cruz’s unceasing efforts to help get more conservatives elected to Congress,” “
Why do you call that a “flinch”? I don’t see this as a “flinch”, I see it as an opportunity to steer the narrative.
Christie makes a statement about Cruz. Cruz campaign must/should respond.
Christie says “Cruz yada yada yada blah blah blah, Cruz bad, Me good, so there it is.”
Cruz Campaign responds: “ We thank Gov Christie for pointing out how GOOD Ted Cruz has been for conservatives.”
It’s a game.
The media is watching all the candidates and what they say and what they say about each other.
So every press release is an opportunity for free campaign publicity.
Christie says something and bam! there’s a free campaign sound bite offered for response. Christie talks about SCF this and Lamar that...Lamar who? SCF what? To respond to Krispy Kreme about SCF, Lamar would be stupid. Take the free sound bite offer and steer the narrative to something positive that Ted has done.
Well said.