If I catch your drift correctly, I agree. The victors in 2004 thought conservatism was being well served. Well here we are carrying on that grand tradition.
Let’s give up the WH for 4 years. We’ll get it back in 2012. If we stand behind mclame now, it will just prove to the RINOS that we will back ANYTHING they throw our way, even someone who detests us. THAT would be a mark on us, not them.
That's a big part of it. Also, though, there was a lot of gloating about the left being supposedly in retreat, when anyone doing phone banks could have told them that Kerry lost the election, Bush didn't win it. If the Dems had run a brick, they might have won.
When you look at the 2004 election honestly, you find places that had 2:1 Republican:Democrat barely squeaking by, and time after time, the Republicans I'd call would say that they were holding their nose if they were voting for Bush. It was obvious that they weren't happy with the perceived arrogance.