Recent history shows that this is exactly what the GOP plans to do to conservatives--stick us in the eye--because we're a captive audience. "Where are we going to go," they say, and then they hint that any third party attempts or sitting out an election will elect the "worse Democrat." Funny thing is the Democrat does pretty much the same stuff as our wonderfully "moderate" GOP, only the tempo changes a bit.
Interesting to note that this same mantra is repeated and enforced here every election.