[Shethink13]

Look at the polls. Prior to these stupid gaffes our candidates were up by double digits. Afterward and in the final tally they were clobbered by 10 to 20 points. There is only one answer for that kind of swing.

First of all, apples to oranges...this thread is about the Romney loss, not about the loss of the Senate.

Second, let's analyze your assertion. Who put these two candidates ahead by double digits before they made their "gaffe"? Was it Dems? Was it aging ERA women. Was it voters who were totally clueless as to their conservative social stances?

Of course not. So, who then dropped their support after their statements. It would have to be a segment of the Republican party, no? Hmmmmm...now let's see, who would that be? Oh, that's right - the vaunted "moderates" - who are quick to insist that the conservatives must always hold their noses for the good of the party, but never seem to reciprocate.

So, I ask you also - if you were able to vote for either Akin or Mourdoch for Senate, would you or did you?

[chimera]

I don’t live in either place so I didn’t vote for either of them. If I did, I would. But that doesn’t change the fact that they made a comment that left them vulnerable to attack, and that is a mistake from a political strategy viewpoint. It cost us the chance to put two pro-life Senators in office and that is the real tragedy of these gaffes.