A SELF-INFLICTED WOUND BY THE CRUZ CAMPAIGN:  Cruz staffers create image of Rubio and Obama shaking hands on “The Rubio-Obama Trade Pact,” by Photoshopping their faces onto stock photos of two male models in business suits, the sort of thing I do all the time for the PJ Media artwork, but then initially claim, “I am confident that our campaign would not use a photo that is not authentic.” Not to mention the underlying premise of the image. “Wait, a senator is never supposed to shake hands with the president now? Really? That’s where we are?”, Karol Markowicz of the New York Post snarks on Twitter.

As Jim Geraghty writes, “Now Rubio and his team can spend the final 48 hours before primary day arguing that Cruz and his campaign are liars, who use Photoshopped images, et cetera, instead of arguing about whether the vote on the trade deal or other bipartisan agreements was the right decision. Donald Trump and Ben Carson spent the last two weeks hammering Cruz, claiming his dishonest and untrustworthy; now Rubio will do the same.”

It’s particularly unfortunate since real photos exist of Rubio and Obama shaking hands.

Related: On the other hand, Neo-Neocon has a way for Cruz to borrow from other campaigns’ iconography and make it work; she provides him with the perfect response for whenever he’s asked if he’s unlikable…