Politico - "The man behind Ted Cruz’s tricks"

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It is ironic to hear Ted Cruz whine about how he is now the victim of dirty tricks given how much he seems to relish slinging mud at everyone else.

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/02/ted-cruz-tricks-jeff-roe-219945

Ted Cruz likes to say “personnel is policy,” but the single most important personnel decision he’s made on the 2016 presidential campaign has become his most controversial.

Cruz has carefully built his brand on trustworthiness — he stands almost daily in front of signs that read “TrusTED” — but in selecting his campaign manager, Cruz tapped a take-no-prisoners operative well practiced in political dark arts.

Those who have crossed Cruz’s campaign manager, Jeff Roe, say things like he’s “mean” and a “master of sleazy politics.” He’s also an indisputably talented tactician who has guided Cruz from an asterisk early in the race to one of its finalists. But his calling card has long been win-at-all-costs campaigning.

And now those accusations are ricocheting against Cruz.

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