It was a happy delusion, but a delusion nevertheless.
A problem I see is that the term "Conservative" has be come "Sheep's Clothing".
How many members of congress have run and won touting their conservative bona fides only to do things once in office that completely confound the conservative peanut gallery?
This election has become a big game of "Who do you trust?" (Not that they're not all really that)
And convoluted answers about things like "Poison pills" don't help. It was Ted's "Dingle-Norwood" moment and his chief alibi on that went to Donald.