The whole Oz endorsement has had me baffled until my brain went off on a tangent.
What if the whole purpose of Oz (supposedly a Republican now) was to split the vote. Yes, it did split the Repub. vote but I'm betting it pulled a lot of Dem voters that didn't really want to support them anymore but couldn't outright vote for a Repub., unless it was someone they thought they could support. Enter Oz. It actually pulled Dem voters to our side. Regarding the split Rep. vote. Apparently their split vote was still higher than the Dem vote or they would have already called the election. They can't believe how badly they lost and they can't fix it.