Yeah, a real moderate wipe-out.
Um, ok, easy enough to focus only on the races where conservatives lost. At least you could mention Chafee.
But in the House, the losers included something like half of the moderate caucus: Rob Simmons, Nancy Johnson, Charlie Bass, Jeb Bradley, Jim Leach, Sue Kelly, Clay Shaw, Mark Foley, and then there were the retirement losses of Jim Kolbe and Sherry Boehlert. And Joe Schwarz lost his primary.
The hardest hit portion of the House GOP caucus was the group that voted for embryonic research funding. That includes all of the above, plus losers Curt Weldon and John Sweeney. With 30 GOP House losses, 13 moderates are now gone forever, their seats will likely stay Dem.
That's a pretty heavy hit. It proves that selling out will not save you on election day.