Yes, by all means draft the man whose conservative credentials were so suspect that millions of conservatives stayed home rather than vote for him. Earth to Republican establishment: You have proved repeatedly (John McCain in 2008, Mitt Romney in 2012) that you can lose with a wishy-washy conservative. Let's try a real conservative, such as Ben Carson or Ted Cruz, or at least someone like Donald Trump who is not beholden to the Republican establishment and who can be counted on to keep his promises.

Addendum: Nikki Haley nails it:

South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, herself an outsider who rode the tea party wave into office five years ago, explained the phenomenon.

“You have a lot of people who were told that if we got a majority in the House and a majority in the Senate, then life was gonna be great,” she said in an interview Thursday. “What you’re seeing is that people are angry. Where’s the change? Why aren’t there bills on the president’s desk every day for him to veto? They’re saying, ‘Look, what you said would happen didn’t happen, so we’re going to go with anyone who hasn’t been elected.’”

It's a new day in Conservative Land.