You have to factor in how any action will be reported in the dem-enabling media. We do not operate on a level playing field.
I appreciate that dynamic, but that's our problem. Republicans fear the MSM press and that's why we seem weak. We (many Republicans) want people who are the spokespeople for the Democratic party to say something nice about us. It's not going to happen. We become captured by the need for our opponent's favor. That's why I want to see a new breed of Republicans. Republicans that give up on the MSM, but move toward those that really support them, not the NY TImes. We're always presented in a bad light. That's not new and will not change only get worse.