Some left and never came back, and some have held their noses based on the "lesser of two weavels" argument. That argument has ceased to hold water as the GOP has steadfastly rejected the values that brought the Conservatives into the base. You will see Conservatives leaving in droves and not won back with cynical appeals that the GOP is just less worse than the Rats. The illegal alien issue before us is nothing less than the destruction of our society. No conservative can be for that and remain a conservative. The true conservative component of the GOP base will be lost (which is the object of the RINOs and Liberal wing since they are more comfortable as Leftist in the minority party) and also the independents who for the most part vote for the common sense (generally conservative) candidate. I wish you well but believe you are dead wrong in your philosophy and your assessment of the issue.
Yeah, but I've seen it many times before, and they always come back, which is my point.
Frankly, I wish all the single issue and unappeasables would stay gone, but they never do.
No matter how much whine and cheese is displayed, the fact that the "Party" is huge and diverse will constantly aggravate and re-aggravate the same people, over and over again until they get it.
Some modicum of compromise in needed to be a member of ANY political party, and that is just the simple reality of it.