No, looks like the RINOs are the ones between a rock and a hard place, because they cannot win without conservatives' votes. They won't get them, either. The GOP had better wake up and smell the coffee -- we will not support their RINO candidates! Not in the primary and not in the November, 2008 Presidential election!
I'm starting to get the feeling that FR conservatives are quite different from mainstream conservatives. This observation is a compliment to FR conservatives, but a warning that FR conservatives appear to a small subset of the entire set of conservatives.
My evidence: Guiliani's #1 position South Carolina and Guiliani's and McCain's success generally in southern and midwestern states.
Are immigration and abortion not important to conservatives? If they are, why do Guiliani and McCain have any support at all? This seems to be proof that moderates, moderate-conservatives, or plain old republicans greatly outnumber true-conservatives in most states. Dangerous to assume that true conservatives will call all the shots. Power comes in numbers, not bravado.
So, you’re saying that if Mitt gets the nomination you will vote for WHO in the general election???