The situation is more complicated than that. A political party must provide leadership that doesn't take party members for granted as if they will vote no matter what. Republican members of Congress and President Bush took the party members for granted. Party leadership mush assume responsibility for losses at the ballot box, not us disobedient robots.
At the same time, the party in the White House often loses seats in Congress during a non-presidential year. All the more reason for Republicans in office to act like Republicans rather that shallow imitations of Democrats.
Yep. It's laughable to see the same folks who deride the black vote for staying on the "Dem Plantation" think the GOP is entitled to the votes of certain conservative groups no matter what. Talk about hypocrisy.