Think about it. The GOP won by being squishy, stupid, tone deaf, and anti-conservative. What should they do if they want to win more elections? The same thing that got them elected: being less bad then the Rats.
Yup. They’re the American version of the UK Conservatives - liberals in GOP drag.
They’re not committed to a conservative vision of America. All they want is not to rock the boat and get safely re-elected.
The Democrats don’t mind them so much as they will do nothing to truly upset them.