I disagree with the moniker...RINO...you can say "social conservative in name only", but Republicans come in all shapes and sizes and the Republican Party encompasses more than one or two issues.
On this site, however, if a Republican differs from one plank in a strict conservative platform, they are tarred and feathered.
Me thinks you are confusing Republicanism with conservatism. The Republicans are closer in line with a conservative agenda than the democratic party will ever be, but they are not one in the same.
While that has been true in the past, under Rudy Giuliani that would not be the case any longer. He agrees with almost the entire Democrat platform, and almost none of the Republican platform. That's kind of the point.
"Most of Clinton's policies are very similar to most of mine." - Rudy Giuliani