Well, here is what has happened to me. Don't know if other conservatives feel that way or not. I had just posted this on the Chuck Nagel - Impeachment coming thread.
"He and the other turncoats in our congress are the very reason I no longer contribute to the Republican Party. My money will never go to a Hagel, McCain, Lott, Snowe, Specter, Collins, or any of the others that decided to work against this administration instead of pushing through our agenda.
As far as I am concerned, we do not have ANY on our team in Washington other than the Bush administration.
What good did it do us to give the Republican Party money when it went to the likes of these weak turncoats?
I thought they were supposed to solve our problems, immigration, social security, etc., but all we get for our tax dollars are political maneuverings for their own gain, attacks against this president and his efforts to defend us, and we enabled them to socialize with their "friends across the aisle"-on our tax dollars and donations for the conservatives.
A bunch of political hacks - nothing more. Just seeking to get access to the "goodies" up there including the lifetime salary for doing absolutely nothing of any value.
I have really progressed from being willing to work and donate to absolutely giving up and giving it to the democrats. Apparently, that is the way our congress likes it, doing the bidding of the democrats."
I would suppose there are many others feeling as I do because all of the donation seekers mention they are hearing such from others. But, of course, nothing is done about it.
President Bush championed some of those names on your list in their elections. Remember the Specter debacle in PA?
I think you have just crystallized the conditions that creates a RINO congresscritter.
A conservative expects that politicians should go to washington to vote against more government in our lives. Best thing a conservative can do is vote "no" on everything.
But if we really are expecting, as you let slip, that politicians are "supposed to solve our problems," then that is precisely the message they may have gotten.