“They did everything of which they could think to make certain a reform conservative did not win those elections.”
In the case of Missouri and Indiana in 2012, the GOPe had little to do with the fact that our nominees lost.
We ran Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock, two candidates who were congenitally incapable of keeping their mouths shut and staying on message. Both were leading in the polls ‘til they started flapping their mouths.
I have heard this point expressed before, but it doesn't deal with a salient aspect of politics in America. The Democrats constantly say incredibly stupid things, that if their pronouncements were blasted all across the airwaves, they would lose as a result of them.
Most candidates say something stupid from time to time, but the media only focuses on the ones they want to defeat. They made "Macaca" into a loss for us under the false allegation that it was intended to be deliberately racist.
My point here is that it is not the candidates who caused us these losses, but the fact that the media is a deliberate propaganda agent for the Democrat party, and works constantly to find any example of wrong think on the part of our candidates so they can use it as a weapon against people who threaten the Washington Spending cartel.
Our focus should be on smashing the media power that makes these kind of attacks against us possible, not pining for perfect candidates. A Reagan only comes along once in a century.