"Many". I disagree with you. Far from it.
I don't believe cynics and malcontents make up a significant level of support within the conservative movement, anymore then I believe fringe extemists and reactionary absolutists do either.
Relative to the matter of Bush's minor flip-flop on the
illegal alien issue, Carl Rove has pointed out to him
that the polls indicate that his out-of-control borders
policy is now TOTALLY at odds with the vast majority of
Americans. Rush Limbaugh, the National Review, Lou Dobbs,
Commentary, and many other conservative publications or
spokesmen have warned that the Republican coalition will
be shattered if he persists in ignoring a problem that is
not only ecomomic and social - but a national security
danger. Maybe if a few hundred illegals camp out on the ranch at Crawford and defecate in the hog's pen the reality
will come home.