Quote Originally Posted by gos View Post
The pair of them lost by 45k votes. My guess is that if they hadn't had to battle against each other for the final 4 months, more Rs would have voted in that election. I'm sure some just stayed home.

Yeah... You could be right. Never know though. Keep in mind this was in 2010 and that was the election with a LARGE conservative turnout.. Nation wide at least, and Hick still won.