The supposition is correct only if the endpoint of the game is partisan advantage. Partisan advantage, however is not among the aims founding this forum. Advancing a philosophical, politcal principle; conservatism, is.
That partisans have trouble grasping the distinct difference between the two pursuits is understandable. They are, after all, partisans. Loyal to party, advancing that party at the expense of traditional principles if need be.
From my perspective conservatives in this house have been quite frank about their objectives: 1) drive the political whores out of the GACOP leadership and 2) cause either the conversion or downfall of Schwarzenegger, clearly a liberal by any traditional standards.
Baloney.