"IMHO - Don't run and risk fracturing the party...
But do RINO's ever listen??"
Well, I suppose we could run candidates with a regional, southern appeal and be a regional, souther party, and be 100% pure. Say hello to President Hillary! with a Democratic Congress.
In the past 40 years, the only successful Democrat presidential candidates have been southerners of a more or less social conservative bent.
There's a reason for that.
Republicans can't win by appealing to social liberals; Democrats can't win except by appealing to social conservatives.