It’s always rough if you’re a Democrat in Oklahoma post-2010, when Republicans finally took over the state Legislature.

But last week’s flameout by Abby Broyles, the 32-year-old former newscaster seeking Oklahoma’s most competitive congressional district, was epic.

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