yep, GOPsterin suggested something like this the other day.
Here's a couple of common sense rules:
1) The first commandment should be : Don't insult the voters you need to get you elected.(Ironically Romney and Angle both broke this one, and Akin too)
2) Don't be more effective at rallying voters to vote against you than you are to rally voters to vote for you.
And since in many areas there are more registered Dems than registered Rs then #1 is required to follow #2.
Here's the more popular excuses that I have read so far:
1) Voter fraud(right after this election this was #1)
2) the MSM (always the most popular)
3) The establishment stopped supporting them
(I saw this one today a bunch)
Here's one floating around here that they been hearing on talk radio (so it must be true): If only Scott Brown was a real conservative like Angle or Akin he would have won MA. What kind of hopeis there with thinkin like that?
All of the elections since 2000 show that half of the country wants big government and half do not like big government. Both sides have to somehow talk to each other, preferably without using politicians. Promoting discussions in school regarding big versus small government would be good. Maybe some interested individuals or business people or organizations could promote essay contests on what the founding fathers said about small government and what it means as opposed to big government. A prize of $50 could be a good motivator.