He is responding to 'the realities on the ground' . . . perhaps a few more people on this thread should have worked harder to re-elect a Republican majority -- in a brutal environment in Ohio (NOT related to President Bush or Iraq by the way) my grassroots team held our ground and got our Republican Congresswoman re-elected.
Again, after Reagan's losses in the 1986 mid-term, the ubercons turned on him as well -- Republicans just love eating their own. I, however, plan to battle the real ENEMY not our Commander in Chief!
Unless Republicans are willing to make the compromises necessary to allow us to win swing districts and formerly GOP-friendly areas in PA, NY, CA and New England, the GOP will be doomed to another 40 years in the wilderness.