I would rather have a RINO who caucuses with the Republicans, than a DINO that caucuses with the Dems.. At this point, more and more DINOs hearts will move them to the GOP on the issues that matter. RINOS will always disagree on a lot of issues, but they agree with us more than mainstream Democrats do!
also, keep in mind the political culture in New England is far more moderate. we can't expect a republican in Massachucets to tbe to the right of a democrat in alabama...
I will support any Democrat over the equivalent of political AIDS like William Weld if it will benefit or save the state Republicans for the LONG term. My claims that he absolutely and completely obliterated what was left of a RECOVERING and GROWING Republican party in the wake of the Dukakis era aren't merely an opinion, but absolute fact. When even LIBERAL Republicans in the state were crying out to Weld for help and he ignored their pleas, along with Republicans of every other stripe, that truly speaks volumes.
Weld is only interested in one thing, and that is himself and nobody else. He doesn't, nor has he ever cared, about the Republican party. He has been the greatest asset to the Democrats wherever he goes. He helped return absolute control to them in Massachusetts to the point that there is no longer a viable two-party system in virtually every corner of the state. The Governors that succeeded him have absolutely NO power or authority, are reduced to figurehead status. Not even Romney could turn around the damage Weld was completely and entirely responsible for creating and is getting out after one term.
If we have so lowered ourselves to the point of running "Republicans" indistinguishable from radical left-wing Socialists, you've just made the argument that we no longer need a Republican party at all. A substantial part of the reason why we have had such eroding fortunes in the northeast is because we have consistently FAILED to offer the voters clearly-defined choices, from the federal offices all the way down to the local level. Running liberal RINOs has been and continues to be a recipe for capitulation and a recipe for disaster. It hasn't proven a positive development anywhere.