Nonsense. The Treason Media slaughtered the GOP through the braindead which still believes it to tell the truth. It's portrait of Conservatives was what voters thought they were voting against. It's portrait of the Iraq war was used to steam up the ignorant.
I can understand some deficit spending during a recession but Open Border Bush (and McCain, etc.) didn't help the GOP, nor did the Harriet Myers nomination IMHO.
You make the most sense.
"It's portrait of Conservatives was what voters thought they were voting against"
So the GOP out of control spending, the open borders, the Harriet Miers debacle, the failure to un-tie the hands of our solders in Iraq was all a MSM illusion?