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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...

Cuccinelli lost the female vote by 9 percentage points. And he got just 37% of the vote among women aged 30-45, a 19-point decline from what McConnell received in 2009. You can't attribute that to the libertarian, or a demoralized base.