Palin opposed him as did the tea parties, and Palin and other conservatives asked the vain man to drop out, he is a self absorbed jerk.
No matter what conservative we nominate, he/she is going to be subject to Saul Alinsky's Rules for Radicals #5, "Ridicule is man's most potent weapon."
If we don't learn to fight fire with fire and protect our idiots the same way the Democrats protect theirs, we might as well just give up now, because they will always be able to win the ridicule game.