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We at least need to hold our true conservatives. I could care less if we lose Chafee. I would rather have 51 Tom Coburns than 65 of the mix we have now.

[PSUAdam]

Or...we should try to get Centrist Republicans to knock off Liberal Democrat Senators...but only in blue states. The more conservatives we have where possible, absolutely.

But, we can't realistically expect to have get someone like Coburn from a state as blue as NY. If we can somehow field moderate Republicans (like Rudy Guiliani) to knock off liberal Democrats, then we can lessen the clout of the liberals, and that would raise the clout of conservatives by default.