[George W. Bush]

...they would rather take down the party than meet the base even half way.

If they want a suicide pact, we can't stop them. But my vote can't be blackmailed. And I'm more scared of them than Hillary. If Rudy gets the nomination, it will be the end of conservatives in this country. We'll end up like Canada or Britain: our choice between two very liberal parties.

Better to lose one election with a conservative or a moderate than to lose every election hereafter to an entrenched system of two liberal parties.

I think Rudy will help Democrats downticket. His presence on the ticket will harm conservative or even moderate Republicans at every level.

[tobyhill]

You're right and the Republican party is trying to box in Conservatives in a place where we once again have to pick the "but at least he's not Hillary" candidate.