Ya, and we got the Clinton curse for eight agonizing years as a result!
We may have won the '92 election and avoided the 8 agonizing years (what a nightmare they were!) if we had run a conservative. Many interpreted the election as "new moderate" vs "old moderate," so the election was swung in the "new guy's" favor. I remember people believing that Clinton was more pro-life than Bush, Sr., etc. I was, in fact, a supporter of Bush, Sr. in 1992. I am far more conservative than he or his son, but I will vote for the better of the available candidates in each election.