The truth is somewhere in the middle. Well, Rockefeller was a big spender, and a union symp, so he wasn't ever very appealing to this RINO. LOL. The fact is, is that the GOP party has its wings, and both are needed in order to fly. Never forget that. They key is to keep folks like me on the reservation - well not me, per se, because I am a political junkie, which certain flash points that make the Dem party unacceptable to me (teacher's union and vouchers, tort lawyers and tort reform), but you get the drift. The GOP needs securlarists that feel folks of faith, including Evangelicals are not a threat to America. The GOP needs in short the I'm OK, you're OK crowd on this matter, to get above 50%.
Undoubtedly all true but I'm a big tent kind of guy. I don't advocate the mass exodus of any group from the tent just the individuals who are "intolerant" of religionists. :-}