This is political suicide. How do you ever intend to get enough votes to win an election? The truth is we all need each other in order to win anything.
You nailed it. Divide and conquer, divide and conquer it works every time.
I have an obligation to fight even harder on this issue. A very good friend of mine just died very suddenly a couple of weeks ago. We spent much time debating this very topic. He expressed many times his fear of RATS taking over everything which would bring about the "end game" as he called it.
I couldn't argue with him. He said many times he was greatly concerned about the country that was going to be left for his four young sons.
Losing is not an option.