Online Public Relations Thoughts

 As political leaders have learned, you don't leave for a better location when your hometown or home state is in deep trouble.  You open yourself to charges of abandonment and lack of empathy, and retribution is swift.  So one has to ask why Senator Ted Cruz of Texas left town for Cancun Mexico during the state's historic cold spell and power failure?  It was an act of political suicide and an opening for his opponents to exploit.  Cruz maintains he realized his error on the plane traveling south.  His critics say he understood only after he was outed and savaged in the media. Either way, it was epically dumb and profoundly ignorant of the duties of a political leader.  Cruz is hoping the storm will blow over and people will forget before the next trip to the ballot box.  He might be right, but then again, his opponents will not let the people forget.