Following a disappointing loss in his states U.S. Senate race to incumbent Claire McCaskill, Rep. Todd Akin (R-MO) told reporters Wednesday that he spent all of last night racking his brain and trying to figure out what had gone wrong with his campaign. I dont know what happened. I was polling really well until late August, but then it all just kind of unraveled, said Akin, adding that he was still piecing together the causes of his collapse. I just keep replaying those weeks and months over and over in my head, searching for something, anything, that I could have said or done differently, and absolutely nothing comes to mind. Maybe it was my views on tax reform that did me in. I dont know. Akin then reportedly called his friend, fellow defeated Senate candidate Richard Mourdock, to offer his condolences and remark on what a crazy, random world we live in. 