THE REPUBLICAN PARTY IS NOT THE CONSERVATIVE PARTY;NOT NOW,NOT EVER!
And for people to call those not conservative "enough",RINOs,is a misuse of that therm.
Ike,as I stated earlier,was more or less apolitical,but when both the Dems and the GOP wanted him as their presidential candidate,he went with the GOP. Yes, he consider the GOP to be his party and was a REPUBLICAN.
Ike "stole" the election from Taft? What alternate universe do YOU live in? Nobody,NOBODY, was going to beat Ike in those two elections.The tenor of the times were such,that Ike was "it".
Ike stole the nomination from Taft, who was far more conservative the Ike.
As for the Republican party being the conservative party, it is the conservative party when you compare it to the Democratic party.