I'm with Sabertooth, and I think we need to present our point of view better rather than abandoning it.
The Riordans of our party aren't making the "tent" bigger, they're merely moving it. By doing so, we lose at least as many people as we gain.
The Riordans... er RINOS of our party would sooner endorse a Rat than be caught dead voting for a conservative Republican. Which reminds me, if they loathe us so much why don't they move over to the other party? They'd be doing themselves and us a big favor. Quit trying to change us into liberals; we don't want to and we're not interested.