Jim Lehrer in the first primary debate...
"Tell me Dr. Brannon, how does your fundamentalist Christian vision for America differ from that of failed GOP Tea Party extremists like Todd Akin, Richard Murdocke, or Sharron Angle? Don't you run the risk of being seen as too extreme for the voters of North Carolina?"
Karl Rove in debate analysis on Fox:
"Dr. Brannon's fundamentalist Christian vision for America is no different than the failed Tea Party extremists like Todd Akin, Richard Murdocke, or Sharron Angle. He is too extreme for the voters of North Carolina."