Couldn't you end up with the opposite situation in the strong Red States and have DINO's versus conservative Republicans?
It's possible, but really, there just aren't very many conservative democrats left anymore. Zell Miller is part of a dying breed unfortunately. Most democrats just can't appeal to conservatives anymore, even in the south. The democrats have a LOT more to lose than the Republicans in this, and over the past five years, the Senate is starting to finally reflect, SLOWLY, the conservative trends of the rest of the government. House elections every two years, President every four. With Senators being every six years, and like was said before, they're hard to defeat, but the angst on the conservative side of the constant spinelessness of Senate Republicans. I think that will trend more Republican adn more conservative Republican. The RINOs really have gone too far and annoyed too many conservatives for too long, and as those 11 strong red State democrat Senators are replaced with real southern conservative Republican Senators, the RINOs will be totally irrelevant to the Republican Senate Majority who will be able to pass legislation without the RINOs, whether they vote against their own party, or obstain. Won't matter. That's what I see coming down the pike.