In 1988, after 8 years of Reagan, GOP started the trip back to RINOism in Iowa and New Hampshire.
Iowa 1988- Bob Dole (37%) Pat Robertson (25%), George H. W. Bush* (19%), Jack Kemp (11%) and Pete DuPont (7%)
New Hampshire rejects Kemp and DuPont:
http://www.unionleader.com/article.aspx?articleId=79cd006a-04a7-4520-a2f4-e702dcd3af89
Reagan had a poor heir apparent, much like with Thatcher in the U.K. Their George Bush, Sr., John Major, gave the UK over a decade+ of uncontested Labour power when he went squish on her policies.
Kemp and Dupont weren’t perfect. Nor was Dole. But the real RINO is the guy that ultimately won, Bush.