There is your “we”...
And that “work with what you have” meme is getting really long in the tooth. For example with Mitt still defending his plan well after he left office and it was, how was it put to me once, “beset upon by liberals”, well that says it all right there.
And you guys dragging Reagan into it is getting way old.
You said "we" didn't know Bush couldn't be trusted. I said I did know that before the election. My vote for Bush doesn't mean I trusted him to be conservative; just like I voted for McCain last fall, it was simply a matter of voting for the lesser of two evils.
The reason you may not like me bringing up Reagan is because he is a perfect example of a conservative who sometimes supported liberal ideas. Reagan's support of the Brady Bill is an excellent example of a big important issue Reagan chose to side with liberals. Who knows what would have happened if FR would have been around in 1980...maybe Reagan would have been seen as a left wing California Republican. He had reversed his position on abortion, favored some gun control and he had been divorced.