And what I mean is, is this is what the GOP is perceived to be nationwide? Obviously democrats have put out their share of losers too, but it's embarrassing about some of these candidates and if the GOP is looking to win over young voters and minorities, these people are not the way to go.
It potentially leaves the national image of, "I want absolutely nothing to do with the party that supports these people in the primary"
People like Akin are the reason why I switched from Republican to Independent, and ultimately from Independent to Democrat. They're terrifyingly anti-science, and terrifyingly anti-scientific progress. Nothing will destroy America faster than to reject science and green energy -- the most important industry of the 21st century by far -- wholesale.
Romney was largely able to escape the taint of these kinds of candidates, but certainly the tea party did
far more harm than good for the GOP this cycle. If the tea partiers run similar candidates in 2014 that wind up embarrassing themselves and their party, then more and more voters are going to be turned off. It's absolutely killing them amongst young voters -- people who are likely to vote Democrat for the rest of their lives because of a brutally negative association with a GOP that is clearly using a 30-year-old playbook.
