RINOS such as Collins and Snowe (and Specter, and Graham) do the GOP and our great Country more harm as "Republicans" than they would as Dems.
Let's encourage states with RINO Congress peeps to field some strong conservatives (VETERANS PREFERRED), and pry the RINOS out of the GOP at the next available primary.
Operation Clean Sweep
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We should find viable candidates to run against them and the party should never give them another dime or ounce of help for re-election. And their fellow R Senators should completely alienate them.
The problem here is the Republican primary voter. On average, he is so uninformned that he doesn’t know what to do but approve the “friendly incumbent” whose name, at least, he recognizes. 2008 demonstrated forever more how dumb Republican primary voters actually are — just approving familiar name McPain.