I COMPLETELY AGREE with you about THIS post#113 - in _presidential_ politics, the GOP and the country is better served by running more “conservative” candidates. I believe that the more liberal of them will be defeated, including “moderate” McCain. I believe that many of the GOP candidates now being mentioned would prove able to beat all of the Demodog clones.
However, Congressional politics is more pertinent to this article, and in that venue, this is NOT the case since so many big states are overwhelmingly liberal, and it is nearly impossible to elect any Republican to state-wide office who is much more conservative than Guilliani, Snowe, or Collins. For that reason, my point: that we have to learn to live with and work with the RINOs insofar as possible, and realize that “Republican” does not mean “conservative” in a good portion of the country.
Big North East Liberal Republicans cost us the 1996 election remember? Who were those two women keynote speakers at the 1996 convention? One a former NY state congresswoman and the other a Liberal former New Jersey governor. Where are they now? :>} You see it doesn't hurt to get rid of RINO's.
Conservatism is strong enough to win the majority IF RINO's are dealt with as needed. It's when they {meaning GOP Liberals} take over the house and senate leadership as well as the White House we all loose. They join and fight with the DEMs against the conservatives just as Bush and his puppet McCain are doing now on immigration.