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"One issue does not a RINO make. One issue does not a "real" Republican make. I will add this; I work with young GOPr's everyday. By and large, these 20-early 30 somethings don't consider abortion a pivotal issue - and they are the future. In 15-20 years, they are running the Republican party."

Pro-life NOT "pivotal"??

I haven't seen your planet yet, but if your script becomes reality, the noveau RINO sell-out pragmatists will have shrunken the GOP to half it's current number in order to co-opt the so-called "social liberal/fiscal conservatives."

There WILL be a conservative Third Party to fill the vacuum waay before then -- and I'm assuming it'll be strongly pro-life, pro-gun, pro-US sovereignty, anti-socialism, AND pro-tradition on cultural issues. Everything RINOs are willing to cave into in order to retain power.

There WILL be a conservative Third Party to fill the vacuum waay before then -- and I'm assuming it'll be strongly pro-life, pro-gun, pro-US sovereignty, anti-socialism, AND pro-tradition on cultural issues.

And it won't win any elections.

"Everything RINOS are willing to cave into in order to retain power."

F16, in order to "cave into" something in order to retain power you have to ignore your beliefs and do the opposite to hold power. The majority of this younger set isn't caving into anything: Their core belief IS that abortion is NOT a pivotal issue. That IS their belief, that IS their tradition. Rightly or wrongly, a post-Roe America is all this group knows. It IS their tradition.

I have to add that, when you say that there "WILL be a conservative Third Party to fill the vacuum way before then - " I imagine you are speaking of a "social conservative" party, made up of social conservatives, who represent one branch of conservatism.

"There WILL be a conservative Third Party to fill the vacuum waay before then -- and I'm assuming it'll be strongly pro-life, pro-gun, pro-US sovereignty, anti-socialism, AND pro-tradition on cultural issues. Everything RINOs are willing to cave into in order to retain power."

Already is. It's called the Constitution Party (even though its tenets have little to do with that document). They pull off the difficult task every four years of getting even less of the vote than the Libertarians, and have NO elected officials to their credit.

"I haven't seen your planet yet, but if your script becomes reality, the noveau RINO sell-out pragmatists will have shrunken the GOP to half it's current number in order to co-opt the so-called "social liberal/fiscal conservatives."

Not if the Constitution Party is any example. Fact is, the portion of the GOP that holds abortion as its number-one issue is shrinking steadily. And don't make the mistake that it's going away for good...it's being replaced by those Young Turks NC speaks of as the older generations retire from the field.