re: #116 Skip Intro

Not if they thought he might win. Winning is the only standard for the GOP. Nothing else even comes close.

In the case that I cited, David Duke had a very strong second-place finish in the open primary, with the incumbent Republican governor (Buddy Roemer) coming in a fairly distant third place. Duke carried a significant majority of parishes in the state in both the primary as well as the runoff election. If the Republican establishment had swung support to Duke, instead of actively campaigning against him, he WOULD have won.