The GOP leadership is closer to the Rats than the Tea Party and conservatives in general. They are joining forces with the Left to try and destroy conservatives. Losing the 2014 and 2016 elections are a price they are willing to pay to support their breathern Democrats, pass amnesty and retain Obamacare.
In the sense that the official leadership of the GOP is the GOP-E, the GOP is being exactly who it wants to be. My entire adult life with the exception of Ronald Reagan the GOP has been liberal, big-spending Keynesians who like to balance the budget, through higher taxes if necessary, and who like a strong, world defense posture. GW Bush was an on-again-off-again, reaganesque leader, so he was better than many, but he was still a big spender.
It should be clear to us all that the George Bush presidency, when we had Senate, House, and Presidency, is the best definition of who Republicans are. During that time, they increased spending beyond the benefit they received from the Bush temporary tax reductions. They seriously increased entitlements through their Medicare additional coverages, and despite there being a war, they did not enlist the people of America in sacrificing-level frugality to bring that war to an end. (What a great time to have reduced expectations for entitlements if they had had a full-blown WWII level, all-out, 100% push to defeat our enemies.) By now we would have won that war in reality, and we would be looking at lesser entitlements instead of greater.
So, we know who the GOP is. What we really don't know is who the conservatives are. Are we revolutionaries or are we talkers only?
And if we are revolutionaries, then what is our plan to either take over the GOP or to launch out on our own?