Their prime tactic is to crisscross the country urging voters to oust Democrats from office and purgethe Republican Partyof members deemed "RINOs, " or "Republicans in Name Only, " considered not conservative enough.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, who had pointed to the Scozzafava backlash this week to caution against a "purge" ofparty moderates, formally switched his endorsement from her to Hoffman.