The Republican Party has already decided to shun (those embarrassing) conservatives in favor of a ‘bigger tent’. Nobody’s more condescending to red-blooded Americans that the GOPe.
It's Rove, Priebus, Rollins, et. al., who you should be pointing the finger at, not conservatives.
A FReeper on another, recent thread made an interesting categorization — the Republican left and the Republican right.
Define each...with the Roves, Prebius’, McRomney’s, etc, being the left and the Ted Cruz’ being the right.
They can all represent the party, but with a true distinction....nothing to hide behind at campaign - or legislation vote time.