In the best possible political environment, and after spending more than $400,000, getting at least as much in earned national media attention, as well as the assistance of Tom Tancredo’s “Team America” PAC, Jacob managed to come…two points closer to Cannon than his woefully underfunded 2004 primary challenger did. What exactly is the lesson comprehensive reform supporters are supposed to learn? Jacob got crushed because he was a one-trick pony who miscalculated the degree to which Republicans will jettison an experienced leader once someone yells “amnesty.”