The numbers are just not there, and Dobson has a tin ear for politics. It will never happen, no matter what Dobson says. Better to be practical, than to idealistically go down in defeat.
Dobson's endorsement is a liability, plain as that.
Have you ever read any of his books or hear his radio show? When I was a counselor at a Crisis Pregnancy Center Dobsons FOF helped all the CPCs out so much. He is a well respect man in the Christian community. He always took a lot of heat from the left because he was one of the first Christian leader to warn about the gay agenda.