[kiryandil]

what you don’t do is tell all McCain voters to get the hell out of the Republican Party, that only alienates them and the Republican gets defeated.

What you don't do is tell the conservative non-aligned schlubs like me who vote Republican that only the Democrats have a team that plays to win.

[srmanuel]

The idea of running for political office is to convince voters to vote for you, not tell them to get out of the party.

The only way Republicans win in purple states is to be united, elect the most conservative candidate possible which would immensely better than any Democrat.