“But how do you explain Allen West’s election loss?”
I think his rhetoric was a bit too over the top for our squishy generation. He could’ve been a solid conservative without creating so much attention to himself and he’d have a better chance.
I believe half his district was new do to redistricting. You might might be right about rhetoric just like Akin and Mourdock. What’s the old saying “Be wise as serpents and gentle as doves.”