re: #57 iceweasel

The GOP leaders never cared about her and they still loathe her.
The base adores her, but you can’t win an election with a base that small, no matter how motivated, and not when your icon alienates two or more moderates/centrists/independents for every member of the base she ‘grabs’.

Does anyone care about anyone in the realm of politics? Isn’t it mostly about calculations - to paraphrase The Godfather, its business not personal.