When did this happen? He won the nomination and was in a great position for victory and everyone was in line to assist him. His comments came later that knocked the wheels off the cart - that is something he did to himself.
So he was the one who withdrew $15 million dollars from his campaign??? Get real.
Even the Democrats in Missouri were amazed at how suddenly Rove and the GOPe jumped on him to resign. They said we didn't have to do anything or make an issue out of it. The GOPe did our work for us. We just sat back and let them take him out.