The bottom line is that one dumb-assed statement is, or at least should be, far less damaging than six years worth of Obama rubber stamping.
A lot of thing when honestly examined are out of ballance. The men who present the news and control much of the information commutation in our civilization have as little interest in balance as they do in voting for Mitt Romney(80% democrat).
We are not and never will with these people get a fair shake. You have to remember theses are the same people who let democrats who commit rape off the hook, but if a republican like Tod even mentions the potability it is might not be justified to commit murder simply to make yourself more comfortable for 9 months. That is the worse thing you could say.
The Sad truth is as long as they control information distribution to much if not most of the population politics will ever be played on their field, and their friends will have an almost overwhelming advantage.