Exactly - it depended on it over the last 50-60 years yet we keep sitting back with fingers crossed and hoping for it to magically turn around. Our side is really good at pointing fingers at the atrocities and making a lot of noise and really lazy when it comes to actual action.
A conservative would like to see Sen Cruz, or Gov Walker (or Gov. Palin!) as the GOP nominee, but even if worse comes to worse and Bush Jr is the nominee, it is just not excusable to sit on ones hands and let Hillary or any of the candidates even further to the left win in 2016.