Right or wrong it was a politically stupid area to venture into. this is the big leagues - any halfway bright poitician would know the press would twist his words and crucify him over it. Especially after what happened to Akin. It was a dumb mistake and we are the ones who paid for it. Bad, bad candidate.
Bob Schieffer said on election night that if IN had renominated Lugar he could guarantee that the Republicans would not have lost that seat.