I lay a lot of the blame for DH's poor showing on his supporters. I liked DH, he was my number two choice, but his supporters here on Free Republic turned me off, bigtime. I hate to say it, but on the personal and grassroots level, unmitigated jerkwaddery can do a lot to drive people away from a campaign, and the completely unwarranted high horse attitude adopted by a lot of Duncanista FReepers gave their candidate a bad name.
Yeah, some among us mistake facts for bashing. I guess knowing everything about a candidate before deciding to give him/her your vote is considred bad sense in some circles. Ah, well. So we all lost.