To Hoffman supporters, winning the special election is a secondary goal. The primary goal is to teach the RINOs in Congress a lesson. Conservatives outside the Beltway are fed up with GOP leadership.
The dont complain when Dems eventually pass the public option with their expanded Congressional majority while you are teaching Republicans a lesson.
Sometimes the stars align and PREPARATION (The Tea Party movement and Sarah Palin) does meet OPPORTUNITY (Hoffman as a “conservative” candidate in defiance of the RINO’s)