[allmendream]

How can a candidate who outspent her opponent 2:1 and lost by 16% not be considered a weak candidate?

That is the definition of a weak candidacy, that even a 2:1 spending margin cannot get you even close to within 10%.

If your advertisement budget is twice your nearest competitor, but no matter how much you spend you cannot seem to eat into your competitor’s market share..... you have a product that no amount of advertising is going to make palatable to the consumer.

[Moseley]

That is the definition of a weak candidacy, that even a 2:1 spending margin cannot get you even close to within 10%.

First, your numbers are flawed. You have to include the Democrat National Committee's spending (the RNC did nothing), the Democrat National Senatorial Committee, the SEIU, and other unions.

When you include all spending, you see that CHristine was OUTSPENT by the Democrats. Christine's campaign stood entirely alone.

Second, in a State with a 110,000 Democrat voter registration over Republicans, a loss of HALF that number ain't bad. Your comments are simplistic and naive.