Nobody in the GOP, with select exceptions, let the party down. We got our base to the polls and they overwhelmingly supported our candidates.
My sense is that we lost independents 3:2, and that made the critical difference in many close races. I further believe that Catholics flipped back to the RATS over Iraq (I am Catholic so I can criticize my own). Married suburban women (formerly security Moms) also stupidly voted against their own husband's paycheck because they are tired of Iraq.
We got our base to the polls and they overwhelmingly supported our candidates.
I don't believe we got our base out...
I didn't say that.. I was pointing out the futility of voting for a 3rd party that doesn't have a chance in hell of winning.. a Libertarian voter has more in common with the GOP than a Rat.. considering what was at stake here I think they threw there vote away and helped the Rats.. that was my point.