The sense I get from the rainbow of ideologies and front men for the Right Wing is, if the Left one don't getcha then the Right one will...That is, since this entire primary is a farce, as there's nothing left to steal and the problems wrought by Dubya are too profound to entertain the paper thin deep intellects of any of them, save perhaps Huntsman,( and he doesn't seem to have got the "take a dive" notice, possibly some 3G problem)... they just don't want to leave anyone out.
What they are displaying is a full retinue of conceivable deviations among possible Republican voters, covering all their bases from the ersatz rebelliousness of Paul, recently denuded of its grandeur through the now well-documented reflections on his past, and the quasi intellectual Huntsman, through the various forms of bigotry represented by Bachmann and Santorum, (gays, with the exception of her well-closeted husband, and bestiality for poor "santorum" oh my! ) Perry (Atheists), Cain (the token Black, for what it's been worth, who detests the Poor and women who don't like his clumsy come-ons) to the bully Gingrich( who just hates Democrats or anyone who gets in his way), and finally the Tall enough to stand eye to eye with Obama in a debate (we have a winner!) even though he's a milk toast, Romney....who doesn't hate anything in particular, unless you want him to.
They are hoping whoever gets the nomination will drag the other's fans reluctantly into whatever fold prevails, 'falling in line' as I've heard quoted. Unfortunately enough have 'fallen in love' with Obama to thwart this connivance, but they knew that. They don't expect, don't really want, to win. They're just raking in bucks and a very motley constituency for the future, and God help us all, they will be back...you see, they've got all that money...they can wait.