That's how I feel. We (the conservatives) have worked our butts off and have accomplished huge things in electing a R Senate, House, and President. It couldn't have happened without us. And still, we got little or nothing, except to slow down the inexorable leftward drift of the country for a few years--in fact, in spending and entitlements, our 'conservative' representatives turned on us.
I'm sick of being the R's embarassing second cousin. Yet the alternative--a swift descent into Hell under Hillary the Evil or some Howard Dean style lunatic--is even more odious. And that is what the R establishment counts on to keep us in line.
So I will hold my nose and support this nomination. I will organize my butt off in 2006 and hope that someday, we will reach an actual turning point instead of being able, at most, to just apply the brakes lightly.
Good luck. Perhaps I'll change my mind, but I don't see myself wasting one more hour on activism, or one more dollar, to keep these clowns in office. They'll have my vote, but my time and money will be spent on things likely to generate a decent ROI.