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)
Yes. They played us man for man. With the Webb/Allen match-up they definitely flanked our right wing. But, I never will understand Americans voting for Casey over Santorum. Apparently the last state in the union where the electorate can still spot an idiot is Tennessee.
I guess the Gores, father and son, trained them.