I'm crushed.
There's no need to be crushed, and no need to throw in the towel.
What needs to be done is to figure out the best way to play the cards we've been handed.
Maybe what conservatives need to work on is getting a conservative on the ticket, even if not at the head of the ticket.
That way, there will be an incumbent with name recognition in place for the next go around.
Despair leads no where.