That is one of my points. The gop didn't pass any immigration legislation, or did i miss something? [You are missing the implication of the House defeats. It was no secret that the House and Senate differed drastically over immigration. It is also a fact that the House conservatives who prevented the Senate bill from passing were removed from office ALONG with those in the Senate who had voted against the bill. This was well publicized.
Now had the House been maintained and the Senate liberals/moderates lost then your point would be valid. However, the OPPOSITE happened. This is a loser for the GOP as currently promoted.]
Conservativism/Conservatives face the same kind of craftyness and duplicity such as you described every election. It is not the reason Conservatives were decimated. But your discussion verifies what I have been saying: conservatives have been demonized as "extremists" by the RAT media. Who but an "extremist" would not want Michael J. Fox to walk?
We cannot afford to nominate people who cannot handle this kind of thing. That is one of Guiliani's strengths and I a major reason I consider him, at this point, to be the strongest candidate we could put up against the RAT.
Who are you backing?
Another point. The majority of these elections were lost by 5000 votes or less. That election could have went either way. The fact that GWB is horrible at articulating his point on anything didn't help gop with swing votes. The change in rumsfeld after the election and on and on. I won't be suprised if some of these seats are won back.