Oh, I'll go to the polls and vote...at least for those Republicans who seem somewhat committed to limited government (never for any Democrat, ever.)
But that's where my participation in the process ends. What I won't do is:
1) Give one dime to Ken Mehlman or any other "Vicente's Witness" who shows up at my front door (or in my mailbox) demanding a contribution.
2) Spend one second trying to convince undecided friends and relatives to vote Republican. How can I, when I myself don't believe the arguments I would have to make to them?
3) Attend any political rally for any reason. As Marge Simpson put it: "I guess one person CAN make a difference. But most of the time, they probably shouldn't."
And I suspect I won't be alone. The former base will vote, but they won't work as activists for a party who represents social conservatives fairly well but has kicked advocates of liberty and small government to the curb.
If we could get the communists out of the Democrat party, we could get the RINOs out of the GOP.
Alternatively, if the Democrat party were to collapse (as morally and financially bankrupt) and the GOP were to "split" into RINOs and Republicans, we would see the "center" shift back to its proper weighting.
Democrat leadership keeps pushing them left but they will never be left enough for the Communist, Socialist, Socialist Workers, Green, etc. parties. And they sacrifice their base trying to get a few more left wing voters.