Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell has an interesting theory for the Republican Party’s losses last night in his state and the rest of the country. Yesterday, after more than a year of nonstop television advertisements and candidate visits, Virginia gave its 13 electoral votes to President Obama. Former Gov. Tim Kaine, a Democrat, won a U.S. Senate seat.

It was a tough night for the Republicans in increasingly purple Virginia. On CBS This Morning, McDonnell tried to explain what went wrong for the Republicans. He was asked why Mitt Romney had difficulty in getting Hispanic and female voters to choose the Republican ticket. McDonnell hinted that his team just didn’t make that good of a sell.

“What we gotta do is find ways to appeal even that much better to those folks before the election starts,” he said.

Nationally, 55 percent of female voters sided Obama, with 44 percent going for Romney.

In case you’re wondering, this McDonnell is the same guy who early this year supported and signed into law a bill that requires all pregnant women considering getting an abortion to undergo a mandatory ultrasound examination. The original version of that bill, which McDonnell only begrudgingly separated himself from, called for transvaginal ultrasound procedures.

It’s called the gender gap, governor.