Who was being pragmatic... that does not make sense... Primaries are what they are... they are for the people to choose. And a loss is not always a bad thing, ya can’t blame conservatives... “One good thing”... your last point is right on!
There were many here supporting Fiorina and Whitman over more conservative candidates for “pragmatic” reasons; namely, they thought that you could run RINOs and win. Now they discover that they ran RINOs and have lost both the election and the opportunity to change the CA R party.