They are willing to hold to that belief even as the party goes down to bitter defeat TWICE against one of the weakest opponents we’ve ever faced.
Had to fix it, rest of comment is on the mark.
More or less correct ~ but in 2008 the problem we have wasn't so quite widespread. The same old "not Goldwater again" was a problem, but this time we actually have Conservatives trying torpedo Conservatives to put a Progressive loser at the top of the ticket.
It's totally weird.