It calls into question the idea that conservatives can bring in an outsider to win (from my understanding.) Also all the media hype about conservatives supporting Hoffman may have been a turnoff for that area.
On the bright side the seat is up in only a year and republicans are almost sure to pick it up then.
I can’t stress this enough. The Republican Party is our party. The conservatives’ party. We need to take it back. This is the year to do it. The third party idea only gets more Democrats elected. They love it.
We need to constantly repeat a very narrowly focused message: keep taxes low, reduce the deficit, balance the budget, stay strong on national defense, and respect the right to keep and bear arms.
I really don’t want to hear about anything else except electing conservatives. Stay out of the other details. It only gets us into unproductive fights. Even the moderates will support a narrow platform like that. Once we take back the House, we can start talking about immigration. Once we take back the Senate and the White House, we can talk about issues like the right to life, and the defense of marriage.