[Pearls Before Swine]

doesnt the gop realize that they are hurting themselves when they do stuff like this

If you mean, why does the format look like a cross between a game show and a football game, I'm with you. Silly, undignified. "Ted Cruz, from Texas..." "Donald Trump, real estate developer."

[PennsylvaniaMom]

Rand Paul starting off hitting Trump, Cruz, Rubio...

Not auspicious.

Now Kasich...

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

"Ted Cruz, from Texas..."

"From the University of Alabama, majoring in Hotel Management..."