You could see their power in the first, SR 1639 cloture vote. We saw many Senators thought solid... turn to mush before our eyes. It was only the deluge of phone calls, emails and letters that brought them to their senses before the second vote.
The nomination of a Rudy McRomney in 2008 would signify the high water mark for this RINO coup.
Gee...I thought all the posters here on FR who stayed home in 06 to teach the GOP lesson cleared all those RINOS out...