“Or maybe we should let the liberals have the Republican party, and the conservatives can move to another. It wouldn’t be long until the Republican party ceased to exist.”
I’m not a Rudy supporter, I’m with Fred, but I know some very conservative people who support Rudy, and there is no way to “purge” them, they aren’t going anywhere.
Please copy and paste where I ever said it was easy. Oh, that's right, you can't. I never said it was. (Here's a hint: Sarcasm only works when you are being sarcastic about something the person actually said. Otherwise, it falls flat, as did the rest of your post.)
We conservatives must have patience, candidates like Reagan come along rarely
Perhaps, but they will come along less rarely if the Republican party insists on nominating the most liberal of the candidates. If the party shows that it will embrace liberalism, why should someone like a Reagan bother to run? Shouldn't we be picking the candidate that is most like Reagan, not the one who is least like him?
and there is no way to “purge” them, they aren’t going anywhere.
Fine. They just need to be aware that there are many who will not vote for Rudy in the general election, and they need to take responsibility for what their choices have wrought. (But they won't - they'd rather blame it on the conservatives who refused to vote for a liberal.)
And Republicans as a whole better understand that the more left they move, the fewer conservatives who will be going along for the ride.