Ken Buck Still Doesn't Seem To Understand Why He Lost Women Voters In 2010

TOM KLUDT – FEBRUARY 17, 2014, 1:20 PM EST

Ken Buck's disappointing loss in Colorado's 2010 U.S. Senate race has been widely chalked up to a massive gender gap that favored his opponent, Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO). And that gender gap has been widely attributed to Buck's draconian positions on reproductive issues.

So Buck, testing his luck with another Senate bid this year, is trying to insulate himself from anticipated Democratic attacks and make an appeal to the large majority of female voters who voted for Bennet four years ago.

Part of that effort is a two-minute video (posted below) — featuring a testimonial from a woman who was brutally abused by her husband — that highlights Buck's role in closing a loophole that allowed perpetrators of domestic violence to continue to contact their children.

The other part of that effort, apparently, is to ignore the reasons he failed to win over women in the first place.

In a mostly credulous piece by The Daily Caller's Matt K. Lewis that attempts to showcase Buck's "kinder, gentler side," the Republican insisted that Democrats mischaracterized him in his last race.

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