In response to my comment on the DE results last night, a reader writes:

Thanks for the great point about authenticity. Candidates should really think about voting as they campaign. The reason: since 1988, Americans havevoted AGAINST people much more than FOR people.
Conservatives have had enough of voting (they thought) for smaller government only to find the GW Bush’s[!], Castles, Snowes, Collins, McCains and Grahams voting with the Democrats on the inexorable growth of government.
The job of any political party would be to present a viewpoint that isdifferent than the other party – if not, what is the point? If we can statein simple terms that larger government is the tool of Democrats foreverything, then what is a RINO? Someone who wants larger government …slower? Who needs that?

Is this the death of the “RINO”? I think it might serve to make an Olympia Snowe a bit more conservative