The republican party can not win without the conservative base. They have lost everytime they have tried it.
And the Conservative Base has won in these situations? Oh, brother. I would suggest that you look beyond your own nose, but by now I guess you do not have one.
And they won't win as long as they keep trying the same old thing with new faces. The history of the last 40 years shows that real conservative Republicans win national level elections and half-hearted RINOs lose those elections.
I certainly hope it doesn't come to this in '08, but it looks at this point as though the liberal northeastern country club RINO faction of the party has been given new life by Giuliani. It would be very difficult and painful to suffer through another Democrat administration, but that may be necessary in order to reinforce the message that the RINOs still won't accept, namely, that they don't own the party or our votes. Open heart surgery is also difficult and painful, but it's sometimes necessary in order to save the life of the patient.