Isn’t this approach what got us here to begin with? Conservatives for decades have been “settling” for someone who is a lib in elephant clothing. Whoever the party selects is better than anything the democRats put out.
The long term effect of this is the party drifts farther left with every election. If the party base bites their tongue every two years, why in the world would the party elites change their ways?
Finally, we end up with a party that is barely distinguishable from the democRat party. And believe it or not, democRats are better at being democRats than Republicans are.
When we are a party that is pretty much the same as the democRats, just not quite as good at it as they, then why would voters be attracted to the party? Why would voters STAY with the party?
In the last election, the democRats placed a bunch of somewhat conservative candidates up against Republican liberals. They out-flanked us!!!! Our party had drifted so far to the left they were able to supply some moderates who were to the right of our candidates.
The short-sightedness of supporting any Republican is killing the cause. And the party.
Well said.