I just find it strange that they're fighting a strawman this hard. At this point, everyone right of left knows that Trump isn't a real contender. It's like they want their flock to believe it's 2016, but why? Why waste so much energy now? What's going to happen to their flock when Trump is not in the game? Some false feeling of success, or the realization that it's at best a pyrrhic victory? Why not just wait until the GOP finishes its primary and hammer the winner?