I hope you are wrong. She can't be aware of this, really; if so she's way out of her league. They will use her & throw her to the wolves. I feel sorry for her indeed. And our country.
Yes. And the game has to be played, just like Romney is playing it, and just like Huck is playing it. That is the system GOP candidates have to work if they want to be President. Otherwise, it's over. Period.
And yes, it's a sad fact of political life, just like in 1860 when Lincoln had to deal with Seward, and in 1980 when Reagan had to deal with Bush.