Given the history, I’m sure they would say that it is WE that are trying to co-opt their Grand Old Party. It’s the problem we face with only two parties. As folks recoil in horror from what they wrought last time, they flee into the big tent, but their tidal influx keeps the party moving leftward. Not that I agree with that, necessarily.
I think that’s accurate. As long as conservatives keep returning to the Grand Old Plantation, the party will continue to drift to the left.