Sad thing is, the way things look now, they'll probably get it, unlike Republicans/conservatives can come together behind whomever emerges from the primaries, and not tear each other apart over who is the more "pure" conservative. That is the road to yet another defeat. I sure hope we don't go down it once again, because when we're defeated and Hillary! gets in, it will be the end of the Republic as we've known it.
That is the danger many are failing to see. If the Rudy haters (I am a FredHead myself) sit it out during the generals over Rudy, it's pretty much Hara Kiri for the GOP. This damnation of a woman will stop at nothing and use every bit of power available to her to ensure her reelection in 2012.