Now you're talking
If the issue is Republicans engaging in the same big government crap the Democrats do, inflating the size of government and failing to halt the slide toward socialism, then you've got a valid talking point.
There is a battle going on right now between big-government Republicans who like the system the way it is, and new Republicans trying to knock them out of their fat-cat political seats. The old guard isn't going down easy, either.
If someone thinks the main reason that Republicans shouldn't be elected is because they'll wake up to a theocracy, then they're idiots.