You can blame whomever you like. I blame “The Evangelicals.” But this all so much crap. The fact is that the base did not get behind an electable and acceptable candidate. The real conservatives ran pathetic campaigns.
“The Evangelicals” didn’t vote for McCain. RINOs did.
Without “The Evangelicals,” we would have had President Gore for the past 8 years and a solidly Democrat congress since the 1930s.
Every national success conservatives have had since 1980 is due in large part to “The Evangelicals.”
The next time a conservative Republican wins a national election without “The Evangelicals’” support will be the first.
BTW, I agree 100% with the rest of your post.