The Virginia GOP-e is apoplectic about this. The real conservatives have taken control of the party. They were afraid this would happen if the nominees were chosen through a convention rather than a primary, which is why they fought the convention tooth and nail.
If only we could have nominees chosen convention-style in every state. TN would have shown the door to RINOs like Lamar! and squishies like Corker about as fast as Tom Davis’s wife was (eliminated in the first round).