90 million eligible voters stayed home in 2008...if a CONSERVATIVE candidate could have harvested 10% of that total; Obama might not be in the White House right now. (Remember...many conservatives stayed home.)
If that was the case, I hope those conservatives pray for forgiveness of their actions every day. This country would be much better off RIGHT NOW if we had McCain rather than Obama sitting in the White House.
Does that mean I supported McCain? No. It means I would rather have McCain in the Oval Office than Obama. There was no other viable choice, and sitting out handed us Obama.
In the battle against socialism, you take your victories where you can; sometimes you can push back socialism (Reagan), other times you may just have a chance to stall it (what we had with McCain). You don't win by laying down your arms and surrendering or walking off the battle field.