[tanknetter]

It’s not just that he’s going to lose; he’s going to drag other candidates down with him.

The various GOP candidates need an “out” that let’s them get back on message. Getting a solid Conservative, one who isn’t an undisciplined loose cannon, to announce as a write in gives them someone else to publicly endorse and even throw money at in a substance over symbolism way.

[cripplecreek]

t’s not just that he’s going to lose; he’s going to drag other candidates down with him.

You can't blame him for the GOP being too stupid to avoid flinging themselves on that grenade. All they had to do was shun him and avoid talking about him and let him stand o fall on his own.