We have to think both short-term and long-term, and decide whether to do it gradually or all at once (if it were possible). Long-term we certainly need to get rid of the worst GOPes and replace them with conservatives. But it doesn’t make sense to throw away a good position to gamble for the optimum. Too many did that re Romney, and gave a tyrant in training another 4 years to destroy our country.
First of all, I REJECT your premise. Conservatism IS NOT IN A GOOD POSITION WITH McCONNELL in office.
He declared war on Conservatives. Vowed to ‘crush’ us wherever he finds us. Promised that we would never win any victories. We have a TRAITOR to Conservativism in McConnell, who works to destroy Conservatives via any means (Thad Conchran anyone?) and grants Obama what he wants while pretending to oppose him.
Conservatism is in a worse position with traitors to our cause like McConnell pretending to be our ‘leader’. We are better off knowing who and where the enemy is than having to watch our backs at being betrayed at every turn.
But if your religion is political expedience then you are exactly one of the major reasons this nation finds itself where it does.
Second, if you think elections matter and are honest after Obama took office in 2009 - you have absolutely no clue what has happened to us and what we are become. You have a fatal case of Normalcy Bias.