[Puppage]

“We know we don’t have much of a chance of convincing anybody of anything,’’ said Representative Priscilla Lockwood, a moderate Republican

That's because facts have a funny way of getting in the way of your convincing.

[Ev Reeman]

RINOs cannot convince anybody of anything because they stand for nothing, have no values or principles they stand by and fight for. They are like Claude Rains in Casablanca, they blow with the wind, and as such they make enemies on both sides. Better to stand for something and have an enemy on only one side of the aisle.