That's exactly the type of attitude that's going to take the Republicans out and give us another 40 years of democratic/socialist rule.
The mantra that got Big Bush kicked out of office was "Saddam Hussein still has a job but I don't - at night he sleeps in a big warm bed but I don't". Maybe you forget I don't. The Pubs have some fetchin up to do. They have a lot of non-crossover voters pissed not to mention the usual cross overs. Senators are grabbing their depends right now on the immigration issue. Good reason for it "they damn well better". No amnesty. The West, Southwest, and the South have had it with this crap. I look for the Senate to follow the house like they are on skates on the immigration bill. They want to keep their damn jobs. Bush could give a shit.
What you did seem to forget is that Bush 41 was replaced by a Democrat who turned out to be one of the biggest free-traders Washington has ever seen. If you think a protectionist candidate will get anywhere near the White House in the near future, you don't understand national politics very well.
Many of us can only hope you're right. But after the last fiasco of Arlen Specter and Ted Kennedy trying to ram through a massive increase in H1-b visas and then the ridiculous defense made of it by John Cornyn and the rest I can only believe they're ready to sell the store out.