I see it as a unity move by SCF. It’s also consistent with the Buckley rule.
Buckley’s rule only applied when there were two parties in opposition. Provably that is no longer the case. All the GOP support for amnesty, screwing vets, investigations that go nowhere and a thousand other daily examples posted on FR show that to be unarguably the case.
How do you vote for the more conservative of two when both are fully on board with opposing conservatism? I want someone still clinging to the GOP to explain why their guys are closeted democrats acting in Obama, not America’s interest. Then explain why we should assist them by empowering them with our vote.