Well, they've been wielding the "fear Hillary" club from the beginning, trying to herd folks into the slaughter pen.
Kinda like during the California recall. Not a single vote cast yet, and a perfectly acceptable experienced conservative on the ballot, but oh my, that scary Bustamante fellow sure was a nice boogey-man to scare people into voting for that renowned "conservative," Arnold Schwarzeneggar, wasn't he?
Funny that, how do you suppose that works so well in the primary, but (at least nationally) when a nominee is shoved down the Conservative throat, it always ends with the GOP getting handed it's hat in the general.
There must be a considerable advantage to the back east states in the primary or something...