My “talking points” came from discussions with friends and family in Virginia who badly wanted Cuccinelli to win, and voted for him, but were astonished to witness the ineptness of his campaign, especially with regard to “social” issues that are certain to repel many moderate and independent men and women.
And that "inept" campaign was run by national GOP-e consultants, in the hopes of attracting moderates. How did that work out? The fact is that Cuccinelli won independents (a point I made that you conveniently ignored) by a ton and still lost... becausse his based got demoralized. He was always a fighter as AG, but the GOP consultants turned him into wimp. And uninformed conservatives went to the Dem plant Sarvis. His change back into a fighter happened too late to save him. I watched it happen first hand, not third hand through your friends...