There’s virtually zero chance of beating a sitting Speaker in primary. It would be nice in this case, but I would guess it’s never happened.
I do agree with you. It looks like this primary season is going to be mostly a bust. The money interests are dumping major money into primaries to protect the favored ones. We should pick up a good one in Nebraska with Sasse, who’s a really good quality candidate. We have not seen very many super high quality candidates this round, and too few who raised the funds needed. Bannon looked like a possibility in NC, but he never got into the needed groove. I was hopeful there with the open seat. Bevin is a great candidate, but is up against too much this cycle against a sitting party leader.