One of the consistent problems on FR is the idea that most of the american electorate is as conservative as FR is. It's nowhere close, and the more narrow the Freeper conventional wisdom gets, the more it deviates from having a clear evaluation of the general electorate.
There were Freepers insisting to the very end that the 2006 elections would actually show stunning GOP gains. Others assured themselves of an upset in the Florida Senate race. Denial ain't a river in Egypt.
That's one of the most intelligent posts I've seen on FR in at least a week or two! I've said the same thing, but much less eloquently.