Weren't they all wanting to drop down on their knees and service Mathews not very long ago?
The DUmmies are a fickle lot - They will kill or die for their hero of the moment until s/he says or does anything outside of their worldview. Then that person is the enemy, until they once again agree with the DUmmies.
It part of what confuses them so about the financial crisis. Most conservatives and liberals feel that both McCain and Obama sold them out on the bailout vote - In DUland They must agree with their leader, who must disagree with Bush/McCain and they themselves must disagree with any position the knuckledragging rethuglikkan mouth-breathers have.
The whole situation is more than their primitive underdeveloped brains can handle.