Even if Fred is not the perfect candidate to some, I think it would be an easy call for the majority of the conservative base to make.
If Rooty is the candidate we’re finished.
A liberal, pro-abort, gun-grabber as the Republican candidate the party will implode and go the way of the Whigs in 1852 who also didn’t know what they stood for.
The Republican Party will be over and done with.....and rightfully so.