I fully agree but I hope they’ve learned a lesson. As I said to another FReeper, we’re all sick of RINOs who’ve done nothing but given us a choice between “tweedle-dum” and “tweedle-dee.” I know I’ll be roasted for saying this but I blame George Bush (no conservative!) for much of our plight.
Now things are different, many Republicans lost, though not as many RINOs and others who either did or did not were told, public did not like war and crack down on border with Mexico.
Even semi-conservative, though pro-open borders, Brownback, think that merely being "pro-life" is enough to gain him top spot.
After true pro-life conservative, pro-American values give way to "moderate values", liberals would much rather vote for the real thing than vote for the phony sissy RINOs any day and in '08 they'll certainly get that opportunity from the CommiecRATS.
I can only hope that the "pubbies" give us a real, honest, conservative to vote for instead of holding our noses, as we did with Dole (never again) or the party will truly dry up and blow away.