Unfortunately, character only applies to conservatives. Liberals can be completely bereft of character, and their sycophants will always rally to their defense.
Very true, however, there are more of us than there are sycophants on the left, and a good portion of our office holders left the Conservative farm. To me, losing the House and Senate is bad, but losing Santorum and Allen specifically hurts more. Not from a "nominee" standpoint, but because they are Conservative through and through. With any luck we can get more Tom Coburns and Mike Pences in office, going forward. They will stay Conservative.
The reason the libs can have no charactor is that it is their party line. They believe that freedom of expression means freedom that is unrestrained - all pleasures is good any suffering is bad. Try to stop the world from wanting nothing but pleasure.