The question is, what is the right approach?
I believe this election is sui generis in that I would be much more inclined to give ground to Rinos, because as you say, "We shall test their conservatism once they are in, but its best to get them in and save the American ideal before it’s too late."
I am trying to keep an open mind as a foaming at the mouth, flopping on the floor conservative so that my emotions do not control.
However, I think if we take a very long-term view, assuming the Republic survives Obama, the future of the Republican party and the conservative cause is doubtful. The demographics alone tell us that. Immigration reinforces it. The media compels it.
It is so difficult to conduct an election campaign upon conservative values if the media diverts the agenda every day, as we have seen so explicitly in this campaign. Romney has not been able to break through with any message, much less a conservative message. Noonan criticizes him for a rookie mistake of speaking out too early about that assault on our embassies, this is small beer, but it is illustrative of the inability to gain traction even when Romney is right. People like Noonan play the traitor and her remarks are further quoted to undermine Romney. Later she will say, "I told you so."
So we have a short run accommodation to make but a long-term decision to finally bring to a conclusion.
