No, I don't believe that Republican should abandon their conservative ideologies but there needs to be the ability to compromise.  Our country was build with checks and balances so that one ideology is not able to take complete control.  With the attitude that there is no compromise, nothing gets done.  That is what I have seen recently with the Republican Party as well as the Democrat Party.  Sometimes you have to give a little on something so that you can move forward on something else.  If you really care about this country, both sides need to bend a little bit to move things forward and not resort to the blame game.