Candidate quality obviously isn't the biggest reason why he lost, just look at Bevin...
Won't stop the bernie sander supporter types who are so convinced that if any dem candidate just ran on a ultra progressive platform, suddenly large swaths of progressives would turnout and push them to the finish line regardless of circumstances. For godsake there were people blaming Wendy Davis losing on "well... but... Obviously she lost because she was too defensive of gun ownership and would of won by campaigning on gun control!!!"
Right, people totally said he was a terrible candidate before he lost... 
He was a mediocre candidate who ran in a state that is now clearly unwinnable for Democrats. Candidate quality obviously isn't the biggest reason why he lost, just look at Bevin...
People were saying Conway was a bad candidate, especially after his performance in the Senate race in 2010.
And since Republicans won the governor's race, Kentucky = unwinnable for Democrats? Dems are making that into a self-fulfilling prophecy. If they don't even put an effort in it then the results will reflect that.
There are tons of elections were the outcome is dependent on the candidate and lots of others where its dependent on the circumstances. This one is not dependent on the candidate, your canada so you probably know less about the circumstances in the state than even a person who doesnt live there.
Kentucky has been trending away from democrats since the 40s. However in particular, Obama accelerated it with not only his policies diverging a lot from the state.
Democrats could of found a better candidate and that person still would of lost. Conway was not a factor, the circumstances was.
