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But if [marxist Obama] instead finds victory over a Mormon "etch-a-sketch" RINO who reverts to more liberal positions, the GOP is forced to accept that what they needed to do was move even farther left.

I don't think your getting the stategery. Remember when President George H W Bush broke his promise and signed onto new taxes. Conservatives taught the GOP a lesson and Clinton was elected, but when the second term came The GOP was forced to ally itself with conservatives and nominated arch conservative Bob Dole.

Remember when conservatives taught the GOP a lesson in 2008. FUJM. No more RINOs. Obama was elected and the GOP was forced to ally with conservatives and nominated right wing Mitt Romney. What a great strategy. Third times the charm.

There's an invalid assertion in there. The conservatives haven't been able to teach the GOP a single lesson yet. Mostly this is because many otherwise conservative individuals are too weak in the knees to stand by their principles and vote consistently. We keep caving in. And that teaches the GOP a very different lesson : that we'll be "good little conservatives" and vote the party line when push comes to shove. So they keep shoving. And even here on FR there are numerous weak knee'd individuals crying out that we have to get in line and support the ... progressive liberal ... candidate thrust upon us just because he has an "R" behind his name. He's not conservative. He's Henry Reid with better hair. The cycle you describe will continue as long as we fail to hold the line. I agree; let's try something different this time -- something that doesn't involve holding our nose when we pull the lever. Let's keep the enemy in front of us. No Romney; no way.