Republicans are lousy street fighters, with an arrested learning curve, who reveal the same weaknesses in each contest. Principles and consistency are a liability, keeping them off balance, and on the defensive, in debates with more nimble, unprincipled players of the left. They switched their attack to lamentations that Dubya had abandoned her. They even marched her onto the box to share her pain. Leftists switch gears and playbooks quicker than the GOP because they aren't inhibited by consistency or objective truth.
Ends justify means.
Socialists argue any side of any argument, making them more successful in these televised spectacles, because they're not bound by propriety or philosophical consistency. Smarmy attorneys perfect this art in their first year of law school, crafting strategies with an eye only for the win. I find myself unable to read or watch the news these days, because the games employed to confound my side are so transparent, that I spend the whole time yelling at the screen. One leftist ploy used by TV news producers, is the use of mis-matched adversaries, to skew political debate in favor of the socialists. I watched in pain as Richard Ben-Veniste debated a demonstrably and self evidently outclassed Jonathan Turley, on the subject of clintonism and corruption.