By him staying in he took 17% of support off the table and made the race closer for Campbell then it ever needed to be. If he would have dropped out and supported Carly a couple weeks ago when the writing was on the wall he would have earned favors from Carly that he could have called in at a later time. By staying in. he cost Carly money, time and effort. Something she will not soon forget. He and his supporters now have no voice in a Carly campaign at least not enough to shape her positions on important issues.
And if that doesn't make sense to you I can not explain it any better. this is politics 101
Please don’t try to teach reality to some of these folks, they simply don’t get it.
And by your reasoning, Rubio should have dropped out and endorsed Charlie Crisp, and Sharron Angle should have dropped out and endorsed Sue Lowden. Hell, why have a race at all? Underdogs should all just bow to the party establishment’s annointed candidates. Letting the people decide on election day is so messy and antiquated, isn’t it?
Just ask 0bama and Spectre.