There is a plus side to all of this: The “It’s his turn” meme is now completely broken, and someone can freely be chosen. This is the nexus in GOP defeat in the last few decades of running for President: “It’s his turn.”
Bush 1988: It was his turn.
Bush 1992: It was his turn. He was the incumbent. He lost.
Dole 1996: It was his turn. He lost.
Bush 2000: He bucked McCain, who’s turn it was. He won.
Bush 2004: It was his turn. He was the incumbent. He won.
McCain 2008: It was his turn. He lost.
Romney 2012: It was his turn. He lost.
I see a pattern here. When a Pubbie gets the nomination who bucks the “turn,” he wins.
Reagan 1980: It was his turn.