If the GOP loses control of the House and/or Senate, the blame goes squarely on themselves. They've put power and politics ahead of principles. If you doubt that, look at how President Bush, and even Senator Santorum, stumped for Arlen Specter two years ago. A real conservative had a pretty good chance of winning the primary, but putting politics (If we don't support Specter and he wins anyway, he might do a little payback) and power (we daren't take a chance on losing the seat to a Democrat) trumped principles. (I don't remember the name of the conservative challenger to Specter since I don't live in PA, but his last name was something like Twomey.)
Now I, an ardent Republican from the cradle, am definitely voting against Ohio Sen. DeWine in the primary, and rather than hold my nose and vote for him in the general, I may not bother to pull the lever, or push the button, or whatever it is these days. I suspect there are a lot of conservatives like me, and rather than address the issues causing it (border control, government growth and overspending, etc. etc.) the foolish GOP is trying to out-democrat the Democrats. ($100 for gas money isn't really gonna buy you that many votes, guys!)
What's wrong with DeWine, you ask? He was one of the gang of 14, he voted against drilling in ANWR, and he's quite happy to spend taxpayer money in as great a quantity as he can get it to buy votes with PORK for Ohio.
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