They’re going to attack anyone we put up and go after them more viciously if they are threatening, as Sarah certainly is.
If we start picking our guys by who they’re going to attack less, we might as well nominate one of them. Oh, wait, we did that last time...
Maybe ‘quitter’ is the new ‘too old for office’...who knows?
Being attacked is a given. There is no way that the MSM will permit a strong conservative to make it through a campaign without attacking him/her relentlessly. Therefore, the candidate must effectively deal with the attacks and soldier on.