Now, how many of those pubbies were implicated in the Abramoff scandal? What was the impact of Foley and DeLay resigning because of their problems? That's ten seats right there that have nothing to do with ACU rankings.
Tell it to GrandEagle, who said we lost last year because we weren't conservative enough. As you say, the losses had nothing to do with ACU ratings. Onyx was merely backing that up.