George HW Bush lost despite his war rating because he betrayed conservatives not because he towed the conservative line( did not veto the tax increase). If he towed the conservative line he would have won.
Oh dear, that's far too simplistic and wrong ! Considering that you were a small child, in 1994, you're basing this reply on flawed information and reasoning.
It wasn't just the " NO NEW TAXES " speech, and nobody believed that X41 was all THAT Conservative, to begin with.