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And yes, since elections are contests between two peole...

Elections are not contests.

Elections represent the right of the lawful citizen, as a constituent of the electorate, to cast his (or her) vote for the individual whom he or she believes is best suited for the position, or in approval of or denial of any legislative proposition.

If you believe that it's just a contest between two people, then you have surrendered your right to choose your elected representatives, and to approve certain legislative propositions.

In short, you voted for someone who has spent a substantial portion of his career undermining Conservative principles.

Mountainbunny is right on this one.

You must remember that conservatism is not exclusively and wholly contained within the bounds of the Republican Party. Not all conservatives are Republicans, and not all Republicans are conservatives.

The 2008 elections constituted a political inflection point in the conservative movement's relationship with the Republican Party, long its standard bearer. The ordinary conservative could cower in fear by not voting at all or could elect to actually vote, but in doing so, faced a terrible choice: the pragmatic option, or the privileging of a certain faction, namely, the Republican Party, and thus, political power, over one's own beliefs; or the principled option, by voting for the most conservative candidate on the ballot or exercising the right to cast a write-in vote.

What you (and it seems, many Freepers, in addition) opted for was a sacrifice of principle for political power. To that end, you openly displayed that you are for governing, for the sake of governing, rather than governing towards an end. And, in that manner, you are no better than the opportunistic chameleon McCain, who is willing to drift before the winds of "change" and opinion polls, in order to maintain and consolidate his power.

So, either get your act together, and figure out what you stand for, and stand firm, staying strong until the bitter end; or, if you so choose, prepare for the end of the Republican Party.