Palatable to whom? Conservatives only have a voice at the table in "one" particular political party, and it isn't the 'RAT party. The bigger the coalition of conservative voices there are, the more palatable to us will be the Rebublican nominees.
We are the ones who must increase our numbers by persueding people that we have the best ideas for governance and by helping them overcome the fear that DemocRATS have instilled in them about what we would do if elected.
Our numbers are growing - and when our numbers reach critical mass, the Republican party will have no choice but to listen to us more than the rest of those who also have a voice at the table.
Until then, we must be willing to do everything we can to keep the only one of the two viable political parties in power in which we have any voice at all.
Politics is the art of the possible. Those who don't want to hear that are either dictatorial mentalities, or naive. bttt
We've got to be the loudest. We've got to bitch the hardest. We've got to make it so miserable for them when they buck us that they'll thing twice, three times before they attempt it.