[wku man]

Do you have any use for RINOs? They have cost the party a lot more than Libertarians have. If the Pubbies would get back to their long held core beliefs, the LP would wither away and die, and disgusted former-Pubbie-now-independants like me might actually come back.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[plain talk]

RINOs are useful only in that they help deliver a Republican majority in the Senate or House and provide for control of the agenda, chairmanships, etc In that regard RINOs are useful. Until Libertarians learn how to compromise they are irrevelant to the battle (although they do affect elections). They do not influence the Republican party at all. The battleground is for the moderates and that's the voters the Republicans are going for. May not be pretty or what we would all like but that's how it is.

[putupon]

and disgusted former-Pubbie-now-independants

Do disgusted former-Pubbie-now-independants vote and if so for who? Not being a weisenheimer here. A lot of Freepers here in VA wrote in Ollie North (the Libertarian was a joke) over our RINO incumbent senator last election day, but the seat was safe. I wouldn't have done it if there were in any danger of a DimRAT getting it.

[MacArthur]

Good point.