You are about the 10th poster to pick up the dead theme. :) I knew it would happen when I did it. Pubbies often like to blame the dead when they lose, and they usually just lost, period. LOL.
When the dead beat you once, you never forget. As far as I know the only times that it's been suggested that it made a difference and the allegations were reasonable were the 1960 Chicago incident and one of LBJ's Senate runs. ("Landslide Lyndon")