From the very moment she won her primary, Tokyo Rove and the establishment RINOs shot her chances down, it took McConnell and the boys two or three days to even start giving her any assistance, and it was obvious that was very grudging. Her individual contributions in the first couple days was greater than most other Senate candidates; the enthusiasm she brought with her was very high, and guess what? The NRSC and the crony GOP did everything in their power to shoot that down....and succeeded.
When the general election rolled around shortly after her nomination, she was far behind because of the nonsupport and awful campaign advice from her establishment handlers.
This didn't just effect a single senate seat, it set the tone for the entire voting in the entire country! Delaware's polls closed a 6PM, at least two hours before any other in the country, and the result of her loss was chortled loudly by every MSM outlet, which set the tone for the rest of the country. Although the races for the house were strongly in our favor, at least four closely contested Senate (WV,CO, WA and AK, and perhaps NV and CA) seats went to the Dems by very close margins, and I believe were influenced by this early loss. IF, and this is a big IF, Christine had pulled off a narrow victory, the GOP could well be holding the Senate Majority today... Or, if there had been a "too close to call" in this race for a couple more hours, Rease in WV would have likely won, setting the tone for the races in the west, and the GOP would likely have between 49-51 seats there. Big difference.
Yep, the senate GOP establishment types managed to weasel out of having to take responsibility for doing the right things in the 113th congress, all right. Thank God the TEA parties were strong enough to, with Sarah's valuable help, take over the house and give our country a chance to survive until the 2013 change of power!
No one who loses any election by 17 points ever had a chance to win.