[nhwingut]

Exactly. I wrote this in regards to Scott Brown.

And I’m not one of those who throw around the ‘RINO’ and ‘GOPe’ tag very much. As a New England Republican, I’m pragmatic when it comes to messaging and trying to cobble up a majority/plurality in a Democrat-leaning swing state.

To me a so-called RINO is nothing but a back bencher and a number – allowing conservatives such as Rand Paul and Ted Cruz to have a bigger say in shaping legislation – in a Republican controlled Senate. Whereas, in a Harry Reid controlled Senate, conservatives have almost no sway. Reid could care less about what Limbaugh and Mark Levin are saying on the radio, or how many conservatives are flooding their phone lines. But Senate Republicans do – as they need our votes and money.

Plus, RINOs, while annoying, still vote far better than even the most (ahem) moderate Democrat. Susan Collins, for instance, voted against Obamacare. No so-called “moderate” Democrat did. And her 50% GOP voting record is 50% better than someone like Jeanne Shaheen.

[C. Edmund Wright]

You make some excellent points -and on Brown, who I’ve written about on AT (Rush read my entire piece the day after he beat Coakley) - he is not the problem. Mass is Mass and NH is NH.

The problems are Graham in SC, Cornyn in TX, Cochran in MS, Chambliss in GA, Burr in NC, Corker in TN, and so on. The problems are not Brown or even Olympia Snow and Susan Collins, as much as I despise those two. Red state RINOs are killing us, not blue state RINOs.