Oh believe, me I'm not letting the feckless, decrepit, corrupt Republican Party off the hook in this at all. They were absolutely complicit in Obama's rise, and refused to stand behind Conservatives, in view of political and even violent threats (nodding towards ScottinVA), against their own (a la Palin).
The Republican party is perfectly content in fighting Conservatives, but does nothing but bend over and take it from the Rats. Just look at Boehner's recent behavior and then remember Breitbart's lament, "Where are the men in the Republican Party?"
Where indeed?