Hmmmmm. I kind of like that.
Some possible alternatives: GOPE or GOP-E but in any case we would just call them Goppies or Gopys.
For sure we need some easily communicated term for the elite GOPers. RINO has worked quite well for the real Lib Republicans but that doesn't quite fit here. We need to give our very own elites their own nickname.
FR is big enough that we could start something here or pick up something started elsewhere and create our own vocabulary - a task, BTW, that the Dems are really good at.
if it keeps being used, it will readily be understood as to what it means.
Those of the establishment GOP definitely fit the bill for the elitist mentality.
Go Pee
eRepublicans or eGOP
Decent shorthand, rolls of the tongue easily.
I vote for "ankle-grabbers," as in how Rush says the GOP establishment likes to drop their pants, grab their ankles, and reach across the aisle.