They don’t care if they lose, their purpose is simply to prevent us from electing anyone who would stop the illegal alien inundation
The GOPe’s only goal is to secure their place at the table. Ask yourself if Hillary Clinton becomes President in 2017 how will Mitch McConnell’s life change? Or whoever is the Speaker of the House? It won’t. They will still have their positions of status and power. I don’t think they really care who is President or they would not have pushed McStain and Romney.
Anybody but Trump or possibly Cruz will lose the general election to Hillary or Biden or whoever. Trump IMO is the only candidate who can draw enough diversity of votes to get past the voter fraud of the Dems. If somehow the GOP manages to get Jeb nominated half the GOP voting base will sit home.