If McCain wins with out conservative support, then he can tell conservatives to go to hell and mean it. They will have zero influence in his administration.
Conservatives are so dumb they don't even know how the RINOs do it.
In General elections RINOS always support all Republicans ... even the conservative ones. They man the phone banks, and canvas door to door. They donate money and work for the election of anyone with an R by his or her name.
After they elect a Republican they ask for his or her vote on a few RINO issues. And strange as it may seem to conservatives, they tend to get them. People who work hard to get a conservative elected have a lot of clout with that conservative. So here and there at first the conservative votes the RINO way. HE OWES THE RINOs BIG TIME!!!
Then at the next election the Conservatives are mad as hell because the former conservative voted RINO a few of times. So the now Semi Conservative gets lots of nasty mail saying the conservatives are not going to vote for him this time.
But come the second campaign here are the RINOs doing all they can to get the "semi conservative" reelected. And of course they do. The now former conservative owes the conservatives nothing and owes the RINOS everything. So when the RINOS ask.. the RINOs get. And one more Conservative has become a former Conservative.
Meanwhile the conservatives are planning a third party because the Damned RINOs own the Republican party.
Conservatives are so dumb they don't even know how the RINOs do it.
If McCain wins with conservative support, that will be proof positive that being a Rino is a winning option and it will be repeated ad nauseam nationwide.
No Thanks!
That is simply not true. When I called to my GOP HQ in 2002 to volunteer, I was given doorhangers, but told to only focus on campainging for the most left-leaning statewide candidate and to ignore the gubernatorial and controller candidates. (who happened to be the most conservative). The local assemby candidate in '04 refused to come to any GOP event and refused to say whether he would vote for Bush. There are several other incidents I have experienced.
How about this: Lincoln Chafee publicy announced he would not vote for Bush in 2004. In 2006, Bush devoted more time and money to Chafee than any other candidate. I think it's almost the opposite of what you say.