[deannadurbin]

I was channel switching between Fox, PMSNBC (who had the absolute worst coverage), and CNN. I was surprised none of the Democrat commentators made mention of the fact that Sarah Palin went to bat for Hoffman and sent him money from her PAC, but he still lost.

I think we sure have work left to do here, folks, if we had Rush, Sean, Glenn, Sarah, Mark Levin, the Thompsons, ALL pushing Hoffman in the last few weeks but he still lost.

I don’t know: maybe people didn’t want to vote for someone who looked like Barney Fife. I guess voters CAN be that shallow: look how many women voters voted for Barry O because of his looks.

[Freddd]

And the alleged Republican jumping on the Democrat bandwagon, instead of backing Hoffman, didn’t help.

[seoul62]

Hoffman reminds of Doctor Charles Stanley of In Touch Ministries.

[ejdrapes]

Hoffman stood for the right things but I don't think he was the best candidate. Good lesson for 2010 & 2012: we need to put up solid conservative candidates that can articulate their positions well.

[worst-case scenario]

Maybe if he’d lived in the district, he would have known more people there. All the big national names in the world won’t help if the race is seen as one of local concern.