Isn’t it a little too late to be debating and discussing her comments on a stupid TV show? The election was over 5 months ago and she lost. Does it matter now?
Well, actually, yes, it does matter.
In the military, such discussions are called "After Action Reviews". In medicine, they are called "Morbidity and Mortality Conferences".
The purpose of such discussions is to determine, "For the future, this works well, this was unfortunate and that was just plain stupid."
In Christine O’Donnell's case: "For the future, being taken seriously works well, having a tape admitting youthful idiocy was unfortunate and keeping the issue alive by putting it into your own paid commercial was just plain stupid."
Another lesson is that appearing on "stupid TV shows" will not serve you well if you expect voters to take you seriously in the future.