I agree with Chuck's eloquent words about morality and character, but what beat us, conservatives AND republicans, was the old MSM. If the Dems had conducted the same Iraq war as Bush and Rumsfeld have the MSM would say it was the most brilliant, successful, and moral war in our history. And so on. The media swung the vote at least 15 points to the left.
They are a huge part of the problem, but it's an intractible one, I fear.
susie