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Really? The big reason Alan Grayson gives for losing his seat after running one of the most despicable campaigns ever is … gerrymandering? Just to clarify the issue, Republicans did win thirteen straight Congressional elections in FL-08, but Cook has it as an R+2, which shouldn’t be an insurmountable disadvantage for a good candidate. Of course, it’s easier to blame gerrymandering than his own bizarre decision to smear his opponent for his belief in Christianity by calling Daniel Webster “Taliban Dan.” It was going to be a tough election for Grayson anyway in this environment, but Grayson’s own actions exposed...

It turns out smearing your mainstream Republican, Baptist opponent as Talibanesque by altering video of him doesn't play that well in a moderate House district or among Independents. Thanks to his ridiculous rhetoric and just-released "Taliban Dan" ad, Rep. Alan Grayson is now running seven points behind Republican Dan Webster, according to a Sunshine State Poll. H/t: Hot Air

And the context is entirely opposite from the way it was used in the 'Taliban Dan' smear ad from Alan Grayson......Webster: "Find a verse, I have verse for my wife, I have verses for my wife, DON'T pick the one's that say she should submit to me, that's in the bible, but pick the one that you're supposed to do, so instead love your wife even as Christ loved the church and gave himself for it".... Posted on the Daniel Webster YouTube page tonight...(Video)