[April Lexington]

Look. Every time the GOP gets the majority, they reach across the isle and go all squishy because they don;t have conservative core principles. So, nothing happens. The Dems just got power and crammed 80 years of smoldering Communism up our *sses in 100 days. Get it? Have power and USE it. But, our RINO friends just can't do it. SO, we need a core party of true believers who will hive these pink butted RINOs a taste of power but ONLY if they vote the way we tell them to. They can't be trusted otherwise. Politics is hardball and most Republicans are “conservative” back in the district and power hungry whores in D.C.

[Rockingham]

RINOs are more vulnerable when conservatives are inside the party than when they are out or inactive. Look at Specter, for example.

A full bore conservative, Pat Toomey, announces against Specter, so he bolts the party, leaving the field clear for Toomey. Specter will almost certainly be defeated in the Democratic primary.

As for keeping the GOP honest when in power, the same remedy applies: primary insurgencies and the threat of them. The worst approach is for conservatives to wait until the damage is done inside the GOP and then whine about it and look for the exits.

Since GOP waves are likely in the next two election cycles, the best conservative strategy is to stay in the GOP and ride those waves into power.

[NoPrisoners]

Every time the GOP gets the majority, they reach across the isle and go all squishy because they don;t have conservative core principles. So, nothing happens. The Dems just got power and crammed 80 years of smoldering Communism up our *sses in 100 days. Get it? Have power and USE it. But, our RINO friends just can't do it.

DITTO! In other words - "Grow a pair or get out of there!"

Carrot - get to stay in D.C.

Stick - Third party candidate that could whup yo *ss!