“It’s an acknowledgement of the end of the Republican Party”
Yes, but I believe as Conservatives, Republicans and Americans we will be better off in the long run with the rinos and rino leadership publicly joining with the democrats.
I’d prefer the RINOs make a fair compromise with conservatives. Though that would be a first.
The Dem/RINOs would choose the unity path now only if they think it will destroy the rising conservatism as a political force. That would just require a ‘disaster’ so people clamor for government help and a media willing to help them.
With our debt and media they are surely tempted to take this path and ‘win’.
Against this path, ignoring good sense, there stands self-interest: RINOs, individually, will have to share more power with the Dems. There are also structural/organizational difficulties.