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Most people in the country haven't even heard of Karl Rove, much less relying on him to tell them who to vote for.

Really? Anyone who watched TV on election night knows who Karl Rove is. And anyone outside Missouri who knows who Todd Akin is, knows this because of the actions of Karl Rove and his fellow "elites". Akin's exact statement was:

"It seems to me, from what I understand from doctors, that's really rare. If it's a legitimate rape, the female body has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let's assume that maybe that didn't work or something: I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the rapist, and not attacking the child."

Three little sentences, not terribly controversial, that only made it past Missouri's borders on to the national stage because Karl Rove and his GOP elites smelled an opportunity to replace a "religious conservative" with a "compassionate republican" -- and blew these comments out of proportion to facilitate this. We'd have been fools to not to fight that endeavor. And only because we did fight it has Rove's influence been somewhat marginalized in recent months.

Thank you! I heard his comments too, and I smelled a Roveian operation when it came out that the Romney campaign was picking and choosing which candidates to support! FFS!

What were social conservatives supposed to do then?! Support Romney after his backstab? Yes, Akin cost Romney the election - but only because Romney chose to betray social conservatives. Had Romney simply taken it in stride, he would have had greater support than he needed to beat Obama.

Why did Romney lose where Bush won? Real simple. His numbers were the same or better than Bush in 2000, except in two areas - religious unaffiliated and non-Christians where he dropped about 5 percent off of Bush Jr. Yes, you heard it right - the supposed moderates he was expected to draw, did not show up for the party.

My conclusion - it’s not worth electing moderates. Moderates won’t vote for you and you need to focus on the base and get good turnout.