You have probably noticed that the economic bubble popped just in time for the election. This was probably not by chance. It took decades of creeping socialism in the US by a range of traitors and venal politicians to create the bubble, but it took some particularly devious machinations to pop it with such perfect timing.
Until there is a clear Republican front runner, it makes sense for the Democrats to sit on the dirt. They want a vulnerable opponent. The Republicans have the opposite problem. If they bring up dirt they are accused of fighting a dirty campaign and harming someone who could be a front runner later. Reagan's admonition about speaking ill of a Republican still has some effect. Thus the abundant dirt in some Republican candidates' past and present is a ticking time bomb waiting for a clear front runner