[chuckee]

With an 11 point lead all Aikin had to do was play a little rope a dope until November. But it looks like he decided to change course and go the dope on a rope route with this latest bonehead statement.

[Strategerist]

With an 11 point lead all Aikin had to do was play a little rope a dope until November.

The 11 points was in a single poll (the only one since he won the nomination) and it's likely his real lead was never that big.