Unfortunately that has been the case for as long as I can remember. The pubs just don't ever want to "stoop to their level" so to speak, and all the while watch the other side cheat as we lose.
I'm hoping with Lara Trump now at the helm and Rona Romney gone (had several discussions with her personally about this and was never given a satisfactory answer), that they will start actually fighting and not just whining on TV and using it to fund raise. I've cut them all off until they do what they say they will do and I tell them so every time they call, which is very often. I hope everyone does so they get the message
(For the ones that aren't just bought and paid for that is)