Hopefully she'd pick up more Taff voters, but...
"I am G--d----- tired of conservatives splitting the conservative field in primaries. Are we completely incapable of being team players?"
It's not an issue of "Conservatives" being team players, it's about Republicans (authentic or self-proclaimed) being team players in this particular district. The anger and bitterness between the Conservatives and Moderates (sic) RINOs in this district are considerable. Conservatives won't vote in the general for a pro-abort RINO. RINO "moderates" won't vote for an unapologetic Conservative. Dennis Moore benefits from the split either way. I think Kobach will end up being another Phill Kline (not necessarily a bad deal, Kline lost the race in '00, but won the State Attorney-General job 2 years later), and Taff will probably duplicate his loss in the general again (if he is nominated). Lightner is the 3rd way, she's not a male (the predecessor to Vince Snowbarger, the last GOP-Conservative, was a woman), she IS Conservative, she's a proven-vote getter (Kobach failed in his last race to win a State Senate race), and I believe she is the best of all the candidates to take on Moore (who can't villify her as he might all his male opponents).
I assume you know Kansas, and I certainly don't. But I'm doubtful that almost any Democrat this year will hold off on vicious attacks against anyone, including a woman opponent, if he/she is in trouble.
I do know that the party has been terribly split in Kansas
for years. But the Democrats' behavior in that time, and especially in the last two years since 9-11, is outrageous. It is far too late to be playing possum in the general election. Nearly all Republicans are better than nearly all Democrats, and if a moderate wins the primary, I'd say we had our shot and couldn't convince our own voters. Better luck next time, but support the Republican in the general.
I might make an exception for Michael Bloomberg or Jim Jeffords (when he was a "Republican"), but otherwise we have to eat humble pie. That's just reality.