As a subsequent poster suggested, Conservatives were presented with a lesser of evils choice. McCain had spent his career gleefully sticking his thumb in our eyes which may have somewhat lessened his attractiveness to conservatives as a potenmtial leader. Also, my friend, a delightful VP choice was not enough to overcome a disjointed, off message dreadfully poor campaign.
Democrats’ recent successes have resulted from their ability to hang together and to enforce hanging together. Motivated, no doubt, by a desire to retain and expand their power and avoid getting their butts kicked. Republicans, as we’ve clearly seen in ‘06 and ‘08 apparently have not learned to do this nearly as well as democrats and we have been hanging separately. The open tent and adjusting the core message for all who can crowd inside was an abject failure. If we cannot learn to keep our internal battles strictly private and coalesce around a conservative center, they will continue to pick us off one at a time.
If you’re truly offended by what Rush said in his first hour today, then bless you, my friend, go locate another coalition that you find more amenable.