When a party has such a flawed candidate, sometimes it's better to lose and regroup with a much stronger candidate for the next election.  Like it or not, Gianforte is going to become a poster child for GOP'ers gone bad.  I can almost hear the 2018 campaign ads targeting Gianforte already - "Bad boys, bad boys.  Whatcha gonna do?   Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?"