They did it much more effectively than the MSM ever could do.
...how many defeats can the GOP-e deliver before we lose it all!
We haven't won this one yet so I would say one more.
Having a winning candidate is more important than the fate of a single individual.
So who determines which candidate is a "winning candidate"? The People? The Party? You make it sound like the "winner" is chosen in advance by the Party and not the People.
This is war.
Again, this is one battle in a series of battles in a war. In four more years another battle in the war will ensue with other minor skirmishes happening along the way.