Now Angle, she just ran a terrible campaign and our base simply messed up putting her up Vs Reid. Reid was dead in the water Vs anyone who didn't make the race about themselves. Angle made the race about her and that cost us. Big time. It does seem that the RNC could have done more with the ground game there...but making up 5% in the ground game is a lot to ask for. She lost because she did not make the race all about Ried.
Where the RNC did lose it for us, outright, is in WV. That hillbilly ad they put out killed us. We were winning until the DEMs made hay of it...
Which ad was that? I'm video-denied at my present location so I can't watch it, but what was the ad about?
Rush is answering your criticism at the very moment 10:40 Mountain time.
He reflect my view, and I disagree with you.
I saw many interviews and never came away with the impression she was a spoiled child. Would you post an interview or a transcript in which she appeared this way? Thanks.
“O’Donnell was simply an awful candidate. She came off like a spoiled child more often than not. Throw that into the reality that she was in a Blue State and that is why she lost.”
Bingo. Weak candidate who already lost prior races and has not a lot of political experience and is running in a deep blue state. People should quit whining about Republican nay-sayers, who were in the end only injecting some realistic skepticism. No, they didnt help her, but Rove’s comments made zero difference in the ultimate outcome.
Instead of berating those who didn’t do exactly what we wanted, and dwelling on our losses, let’s celebrate our huge gains and FOCUS ON GETTING THE REPUBLICANS WHO DID WIN TO BE SUPPORTED AND SPINE-FILLED TO DO THE RIGHT THING!
Angle’s campaign was not terrible. She ran a pretty good campaign and led the polls or was tied almost throughout. She stayed on message and did well in debates. This comes out to GOTV and voting shenanigans. There are certainly things she could have done better, and she probably wouldn’t have been my choice in the primary, but she did not blow it. Reid’s machine just took care of business.
O’Donnell was not a great candidate, but was not that terrible. She was right on the issues and was able to unseat one of the most powerful people in Delaware politics in the primary. If she had a unified party in the state and out of DC, she would have had a chance. Frankly, it was unlikely to be successful even if she had those things, but it would have been a different race. At least Castle didn’t join Kirk in the Senate to cause more liberal republicans.