He pretty much told the CRA that he was on board with their platform.
Death penalty for sodomy? Tax on impure thoughts? There must have been a promise made to the freaks behind the curtains - Since they forced the party to give him so much money.
Once Simon became the nominee, he got the GOP money simply because he was the guy at the top of the ticket.
But he wasted MONTHS of valuable time with a screwed-up and ineffective (hell, INERT) campaign apparatus. Time and tide wait for no man, et cetera...
These guys are extremist that can't seem to do anything right and put up candidates that do not support their suppose positions?
The Chalcedon folks are discovering that they're the only people they agree with.