Perhaps they were smart. McConnell probably has a much better shot at beating the grimy woman, and an eGOPer is a lot better than a fellow-traveler for Marxism.
We've been saying and doing that insanity for 40 years.
As someone more prescient than I just said above - it’s like being in Romania in 1938 and having to choose between the Nazis and Stalin.
We're effed any way you choose. No - one is NOT better than the other and the GOP-e is actually WORSE for Conservatism than Marxist enemies we KNOW who are our enemies.