“Revenge”? For what? The GOPe are the ones that keep running a presidential candidate that goes down in flames. You can’t beat any liberal Democrat with the likes of Jeb Bush.
More like "provenge" ..... They don't want a repeat of 1994, with all kinds of neo-Jeffersonian Southern Conservative mouth-breathing knuckle-draggers running around thinking they won something.
It's a staple of Atlantic Slope e-GOPery that Southern = Ku Klux Klan. It's not true, but it's a metatruth that serves them as they perpetuate their death-grip on The Dying Party.
Their ideal candidate for anything is a milquetoast Rotarian server-waiter-timeclocker, if he is from a Southern or Midwestern State; if he's from the East Coast, the standards are a little higher: fine baritone speaking voice, look of eagles about the brow, Mittens Romney or John McPain "It's My Turn" politica. In other words, fine Privilege Academy presidential timber.