I don't know why Allen didn't mention judges. The Gay Marriage Ban won here 58-42%, so obviously a lot of people who care about social issues voted for Webb.
Allen also didn't mention how losing the Senate would cost us in Navy contracts, which means jobs will be lost (because John Warner won't be the chair of the committee anymore, unless Burns or Allen pulls out a miracle).
Ohio and Pennsylvania are similar in electoral makeup this year. In Ohio, we ran a mushy moderate and he was crushed by a liberal. In Pennsylvania, we ran a staunch conservative and he was crushed by a pro-life-leaning "moderate" liberal.
Not sure what the lesson is there, but the Dems analyzed our weaknesses and picked good candidates to match up against us apparently. Thes same goes for Montana, the MN and MD open seats, and even TN was closer than it should have been.
The DEMS picked better candidates than we did in going after incumbents and open seats. And that is painfully obvious in Florida, Nebraska, West Virginia, North Dakota, New Mexico, and Wisconsin where we didn't have competitive campaigns...(whether that is bad candidate choice, or bad differntiation strategies is a good question to have answered)