Just be careful. We gain nothing if a RINO is replaced by someone who cannot win the general. We’ve had too many of these tough lessons.
Too many here are "all or nothing". There seems for some no long term vision of the war. No sense that sometimes you lose a battle to win the war. At this time and in this culture of 'American Idol elects the POTUS', an incremental strategy is required which unfortunately means some 'RINO's (i.e. Castle, Lowden, Murkowski, Norton) are a gain and necessary ... if that would result in taking the Senate out of Reid's evil hands.
That is a war worth winning, even at the 'cost' of a few RINOs.
If that is what it takes to flush out a RINO and send a message to the liberal elites who run the GOP so be it.
A RINO in state office is a RINO who can run for President.
we gained a power despite losing- we proved that we are willing and able to unseat entrenched senators who oppose our will. That is a power and, IMHO, we should not be so quick to abandon this power just because we lost a few elections.