Serious question: why don’t RINOs simply become Democrats? What keeps them from doing so? I don’t think I’ve ever heard an explanation for it, and I do not have one. Anyone?
“why don’t RINOs simply become Democrats?”
The soros cabal pays them handsomely to stay in the GOP to divide the GOP.
It's all about having the majority in Congress. Then your seniority gives you the very best that tax dollars can buy. Seniority of the Majority gets the best offices, biggest staff, best perks, best insider trading info, sexist interns, most freebies from lobbyists, all the while claiming to be for the "little man."
This is one of those issues which is a political looser for Republicans. It is politically wise to stay away from polarizing positions if you want to win elections. You don’t have to support something you believe is wrong and you don’t have to oppose it either - at least during an election. The way to improve any situation is to gain the power to influence that situation through legislation and court appointments and you can’t do that if you loose elections. Being rigid and self-righteous is a sure way to loose elections.
They want to capture both parties and shut down any real power of the dissenters.
That's a great question.
I think many of them are probably “single issue” Republicans: very assertive on defense and foreign policy, or tax and debt issues, or private sector business issues, or support for Israel.
But, even though most of their politics might be center-left, they know the Democrats completely reject the issue they care about most.
I think other RINO’s are probably turned off by the secular religious nature of Left wing politics, by the rigid discipline of the Democrat Party, and by the constant Left wing demand for public political display.
Mostly, though, I think RINO’s love holding elective office, but they completely lack the deeply felt political principles that have guided most of us here to Free Republic.