A, both were patent lies. B, CNN never reported either one.
This man's timeline of what happened and when, appears reasonable to me.
What’s more, Jeff Roe had done the EXACT same thing to an opponent in an earlier campaign. Since it worked for him once, why would he not have done it again.
Even if that's true, it wasn't Cruz doing the dirty trick. Cruz is the one who caught flack for it though. He apologized and tried to make it right as best he could. What more could he have done?
Roe is famous for dirty tricks; they are his speciality.
That appears to be true, but did Cruz know what a creep the guy was when he hired him? I don't know.
Not to be flip, but ignorance is bliss. Cruz knew exactly what level of slimy creepy sewer politics Jeff Roe is famous for. Roe was the campaign manager for Cruz’ senatorial opponent. As such, Roe spread vicious lies about Cruz, many in direct mailings. Cruz acted mortally offended at the time...but he couldn’t wait to hire the guttermeister to play his dirty tricks on Cruz’ behalf. Real Christian, that.
Re your timeline, let’s cut to the Chase. Just give me links to where CNN A, announced that Carson was “suspending his campaign,” and B, said Carson would have a “big announcement,” the following week. Those are the only two items that concern me.