Thankfully, I never assumed you were capable of understanding cause and effect. Your previous post shows you think correlation is the same as causation.
Since the sun rises in the east and these Republicans lost, I'm surprised you're not blaming the sunrise for their losses.
LOL, sure.
However, you probably are right. My mistake is in assuming that the average Libertardian voter, if presented only with the choice between a big government, liberal Democrat and a small government, conservative Republican, would be smart enough to vote for the small government, conservative Republican.
Assuming third party voters will act rationally is probably not a sound assumption to make.