I agree with you. My point, however, is that Republicans never defend their own. Once Christie has been eliminated as a threat to Hillary, whoever emerges next as the Republican frontrunner - whether conservative, moderate, or whatever - will then become the object of a full court press by the Democrat smear machine, and the Republican Party will stand aside and let it happen.
The Republican Party will stand by of course, they are a subsidiary of the Democrat Party machine. It is us who will stand and defend Sarah Palin and Ted Cruz.