So here's how the system is rigged; if you're not part of the beltway clique, the press will eviscerate you. They will lay traps for you.
The GOP-e has learned to live w/ the press by playing lapdog milquetoast moderates. The press will tar everyone to the right of McConnell and Boehner "radicals & extremists".
Together the dhimmis and the GOP-e have bankrupted the country and corrupted our government. But they hold all the cards.
The media decides who is “far right” or “extremist.” The Deocrats have moved far to the left of where they used to be, but they are not called extreme left-wingers. The Republicans nominate people who are to the left of JFK and they are labeled “far-right” by the media.