[Cboldt]

-- How could someone whose loses the primary by such a large margin be more "electable" than the winner? --

Different populations of voters in the general election, compared with in the primary. Say, for example, the general has twice as many Democrats voting as Republicans; and none of the Democrats vote for O'Donnell - she loses 2:1.

Obviously, those aren't the "real" numbers, but that's how the two election results can be so different. The GOP claims it needs to be effectively DEM to get those votes. My reaction is to concede the state.

Plus, if the federal government was properly sized (about 2% of its current size), who cares?

[excopconservative]

My reaction is to concede the state.

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Maybe in a normal election year, that might be a valid conclusion, but this is not a normal year. Remember health care, cap & trade, nationalizing GM, Taking over the student loan business, stimulus I, II, III. There are many dems and independents who didn’t vote today that are waiting for their chance to overthrow the ruling class.

[HapaxLegamenon]

What good is having a GOP senator who supports the Obama agenda. Better to go with a nominee who is against his agenda then running candidates on both tickets that more or less support it.