Agree with a lot of your post. The thing is, McConnell, Ryan, Graham, McCain, etc., are all about stabbing conservatives in the back, then saying "conservatives can't win." They KNOW a true conservative can win. Reagan proved it. They funded Planned Parenthood in the budget because they wanted to. I have no idea what was going through their heads when they provided funding to bring in 300,000 Islamists, but the point is, they did that, then sent bills they knew Obama would veto to defund PP, so they could tell conservatives, "see, we tried." People act like Karl Rove was some kind of genius, but Rove hated the Swift Boat Vets, and Bush would have lost without them.
People were afraid to endorse McCain, cause every time a conservative endorsed him, McCain attacked him.
The GOPe will do everything they can to kill Cruz or Trump, best case, get Jeb in, Rubio acceptable to them. That's why I won't say anything bad about Cruz or Trump.
If Rubio or Bush wins, we continue our slow spiral. If Hillary wins, we see a Muslim invasion with the Feds protecting mosques and telling us to be tolerant.
McCain is an avowed enemy of every Conservative, out of his own mouth. Even with Palin bolted on, maybe half of my friends voted for them (I did not).
Romney tried to woo the Christians - but the focus was on his Mormon faith (which is a somewhat legit thing), but his long support for gays, abortion, and outright communism were the problem here - That may be different than elsewhere... We've a lot of Mormons hereabouts, and while there are differences, they are considered to be an upright people, and only some would have had problems voting for a Conservative Mormon. Almost no one I know voted for him, to include me.
Even Dubya - I pulled the lever for him, but I didn't want to. And quite a few of my friends stayed out.
There really hasn't been anything to stir the Christian vote in a long, long time. I think that folks are going to be mighty surprised if they rise up for real. In fact, jaw-dropped-on-the-floor-stunned.
This is as close as we've been in a long, long time. Pray hard.