[stig]

This wouldn’t have had the exposure and uproar it has had if Cruz would have simply had no comment other than to say he doesn’t put any credence in a tabloid article and that they should retract it.

But NOOooo, he came swinging out of the gate blaming Trump.

This now has more exposure and shelf life that it would have had.

It's like Bugs bunny (the press in this case) and the 2 chefs where Bugs whispers: "If someone were to squeeze my pink tomato nose I'd ..." and the feud keeps escalating. So of course the press is going to try to fuel the fire, you're absolutely correct.

[Sontagged]

The strategy was this:

Cruz sex scandal had to come out sometime, when would it benefit GOPe the most?

After Trump’s triumphant Israel AIPAC speech, that’s when!

Strategy was: pick a fight with Trump over Melania photos.

Get Trump to react in kind.

Blame Trump for Cruz’s leak TO GET OUR MIND OFF THE SUBSTANCE OF THE STORY.

And throw in that maybe Katrina Pierson was Cruz’s floozie, too. (Not).

But wait for a lull in the primaries after a big “moral Mormon” win in Utah.