[LS]

I'm not sure about that. I think that especially in KY, KS, and GA, many conservatives who had been on the fence about supporting a RINO like McConnell or an establishment type like Roberts finally (wisely) concluded they couldn't return the senate to Reid and actually came out and voted.

If once, just once, the lefty-libertarians would just stay out of a race, it wouldn't be close. We would be near a 60 vote majority in the Senate.

[kearnyirish2]

I remember all too well Perot’s candidacy, and the impact on Bush I. It was some comfort to see Al Gore lose Florida with sufficient votes going to Ralph Nader (who deflected criticism for it, blaming Gore’s loss squarely on Gore himself).

[Impy]

If you take every race that was stolen (VA this year, ND in 2012), or bungled (MO in 2012), or a recruitment failure over the past 3 cycles we’d be closing in on 67.