Not as much as for the dems/media.
You are right, they should have vetted the picture. If there is something to it (which I don't think has been cleared away), they should have had the facts before aligning themselves with it.
That being said, I do not think it the huge disaster some do. And for Davis to call on Simon to step down is absurd.
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How Not To Run a Political Campaign.....by Bill Simon