Analyzing the Fimian Defeat

We talked about this character before the elections, now in retrospect CSGV is coming out with an analysis of his defeat.

While Fimian had carried considerable momentum and showed gains in the polls in recent weeks, his position on guns and irresponsible comments stopped him in his tracks. When pressed by reporters in late October about his views on guns in schools, Fimian said that the Virginia Tech shooting would have been averted if the victims had been “packing heat.” Fimian and his campaign later backtracked, saying it was an "offhand comment" and that "his words were very poorly chosen," but when reporters asked Fimian if he supports closing the Gun Show Loophole, he refused to answer (See WUSA9 story at http://www.wusa9.com/rss/local_article.aspx?storyid=117759).

What's your opinion? Do you think the gloating and revelling on the part of the pro-gun crowd is failing to take into account some of these very significant defeats?Do you think the reasons for his defeat are well described by the CSGV folks?



Do you think if he'd been a little more decisive in his responses it would have made a difference? Maybe the reason he lost is not that he's a gun-rights supporter but that he wasn't able to say so clearly enough. What do you think?

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