Agreed. Except it's possible the base won't show. PO'd about the insanity on the border...the rampant globalism in the guest worker agenda being pushed....the lack of a decent plan for Iraq, the scandals (Not Foley, but maybe the coverup and the Abramhoff crappola) the lack of conservative direction on anything....the lack of a plan for the rest of the Axis of Evil. A lot of talk and then nothing. And we still haven't killed OBL. I'm not certain but what the 'Pubbies need a good spankin' I'll take two years of Pelosi in trade for a good GOP President. I have a feeling that after two years of detailing all the stuff the RATs try to pull in increased taxes and decreased preps for terror, the country may well exile them to Venezuela forever. And they'll never learn on gun control. If they come to power they can't help themselves. It's like a lemming reflex. They'll flood the House with gun bans and the people will see that for what it is....a power grab.
The message a defeat will send the GOP is not the one you think. In fact, defeat will turn the GOP away from the extreme right and more to the middle. If the extreme right cannot understand this then the GOP is sunk for a long time.