“I think a Joe Miller type or Sean Bielat would have had a chance to sell such a message even in blue state — as either easily passes the hurdles of credibility and seriousness — but even for a strong candidate, you can still lose when you’re advocating positions the constituents just don’t agree with. As Bielat lost, and as Miller will almost certainly lose.
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“Those were good candidates I endorse rolling the dice with.
“But, on the other hand, a candidate who begins in a hole due to serious questions about credibility and qualifications and whose positions are in disagreement with the majority of people she would presume to represent? That right there is the difference between a race that could have been won and a blow-out.”
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