Certainly. They just weren't trying hard enough. /sarc
You see, it's easy for respectful, law abiding, principled people to underestimate disrespectful, lawless, unprincipled people. Indeed, I have known such unprincipled people who considered it a tactical advantage to be "unpredictable," as they called it.
What they do not realize is that once we who are principled have lowered our expectations of those without principle far enough, we will no longer be surprised by anything they do and they will lose their tactical advantage. Let the Republican Congress take note.
Sarah plays an excellent rope-a-dope. The significance of her enemies chatter diminishes daily.