In honor of the general leftward shift of the GOP (for whom many McCainiacs might argue is a shift back toward the moderate “middle”, which reads purpleish-blue to me), I hereby propose the the current GOP mascot “Elbert the Elephant” be retired, and replaced with:

Robbie the RINO

Robbie the RINO.

Don’t worry, despite the rhino’s notoriety for being difficult to get along with, he works very well with donkeys.