While most of the focus of the GOP primary has been on the crowded field of candidates and their penchant for historical gaffes and over-the-top statements to prove their conservative mettle, another more quiet drama has taken place in recent months over dinners and awkward phone calls, hidden from the klieg lights of the debate stage and out of eyeshot from cameras.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://talkingpointsmemo.com/?p=106534