[GeronL]

I’d rather they just left the party

[tanknetter]

I’d rather they just left the party

There's not enough of either to sustain a national party on their own. If either the Tea Party Conservatives or the GOPe leave the party it becomes the Whigs.

Which is why I really blame Bill Bolling more than anyone else for Cuccinelli losing. He had a golden opportunity to build and strengthen the GOP coalition in VA, probably guaranteeing himself a US Senate seat in the process, but let his ego and pettiness (something also seen in Christie, McCain, Graham, Rove, etc) get the better of him.