Maria, the problem is that less than 10% of Americans are conservatives (and yes, I am one of them) - if you use National Review's definition of a conservative. So it is impossible to win any majority without candidates that you call RINOs. And BTW I have a big problem with this term. As I recall, the Bolshevik Party was formed when Lenin at the Second Party Congress denounced Mensheviks as Social-Democrats In Name Only. Why should conservatives imitate Lenin rather than Reagan (with his Eleventh Commandment)?