yes, you guys probably lost because of the lack of malay electorate support...zainal is a nice experienced chap and generally the PAPs know how to take care of the malay vote
As for James' saga, I believe that it has minimum impact on the ultimate outcome, maybe just a 1% or at most 2% only. It won't change the fact that we would still lose, though with higher votes.
Goh Meng Seng