I think the stark reality is much worse than your complaint , Re: Scarborough and Buchanan.
I think the GOP, as a formal organization, is not allied with conservatives in the least.
Country-Club Rhinos control the GOP and have little room for---what they view as---'rock-the-boat' conservatives. I think most GOP leaders are really staunch "moderates."
Well, you've all banded together to teach the GOP a lesson; I sure hope you're happy with the results you've brought about.
Something WE have learned though is that you all cannot be counted on when the going gets rough. The GOP will rise again -- and this time you won't be calling the shots. It is, after all, the Republican Party, not the Conservative Party.
Just today I was listening to a report about Gerald Ford and the Helsinki Accords -- and how the conservatives were against THAT too........and how they all sat home and got Jimmy Carter elected.
And I was trying to remember just WHAT is was that "real conservatives" haven't been against. I couldn't think of anything.
We're just as tired of you all as you all are of us; only thing is we've got a party.