The true purpose of the Republican Party is to maintain the pretense, but JUST the pretense, that there is opposition to socialism.
The Republican Establishment DOES NOT WANT the kind of fight there would be if Republicans actually started to effectively oppose the Dem agenda. Why, they might stop getting invited to the good cocktail parties!
If you want an example of how ugly things get when you have somebody actually rolling back the Dem agenda, take a look at what Scott Walker and the Wisconsin Republicans had to deal with when passing Right to Work for government employees there, or Michigan with their right to work battle. It gets real ugly.
Your post #20 is an excellent summary of the problem facing our country.
Occam’s Razor (the most obvious answer) in this case would be that Rove the RINO is taking money from our enemy. Democrats maybe, liberals, probably. My guess would be a group working to promote illegal amnesty reform.