The properly vetted (that was just for you, Magox ) candidates running on the Republican ticket weren't talking about so-called "social issues." They were talking about the one thing people (read: all people) needed to hear them talk about. That being said, this sort of thing doesn't surprise me.
In related news, a California district elects a dead woman to office.
http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/11/03/deceased-candidate-wins-state-senate-seat-in-california/
CNN and Fox both project Coons defeating O'Donnell and Rubio defeating Crist/Meek.
As of now, Fox has Blumenthal defeating McMahon. Nothing from CNN on that yet.
I always laugh at warnings like this. There have been what, exactly zero cases of this sort of thing actually happening? Yet, every year, we see the PSA's in newspapers and on TV regarding "Halloween sadism."
Half of me is in that minority, too. Although it was stupid of him to go up there in the first place, I can empathize with the kid wanting to keep his job. Odds are he would have been fired if he had told his d-bag boss to !@#$ off.