I really do hope you are right, that there is some strategic long-term plan at work here that will ultimately allows conservative ideals flourish. The problem is that the enemy never rests, only conservatives do. If we allow them any quarter, they will subsequently press incrementally for more. Appeasement only emboldens them.
The potentially great class of '95 was redirected by Newt from their mandate to shrink goverment. They were ballyhooed into accepting a bogus 'Contract' that was put in place to divert their goals of deleting entire departments of the Federal government. It was a brilliant move to preserve the growth of government, but a demoralizing defeat for awake conservatives.
Yes, we surely do .I really don't have a cogent reason why. Perhaps it is the conservative way of putting something into place, showing how it works then expecting logic to dictate over sloth and emotion.