I think the story here is pretty clear. All the various candidates in the race are doing the job they were put there for.
They have been brought in by the busload to make sure some of them stick onto enough voters to allow Jeb frontrunner status and victory in NH.
I must have posted 100 times, that same thought that there are too many candidates again in 2016. Conservatives will keep losing unless they field just one candidate. Voters are increasingly becoming more liberal. Just look at the poll numbers year after year on gay marriage.
In 2012, Santorum and Newt fought to the bitter end, so why blame the GOPe for fielding just one candidate (Romney) and winning?
Good thought. Agree