I’m a new poster and I’ve been a Republican for decades. I was having a conversation with my moderate Republican mother and we both agreed that as long as Olympia could take it we were still in, but if she left we’d go independent. We felt that some moderates needed to stay in the party to help it rehabilitate when it imploded, but it seems they (conservatives) want anyone moderate out of the party. We’ll take our votes and our money and go home.