Why do conservatives play the liberal's game?

Here's a few examples of that.  No doubt there are many more.

1. The "fiscal cliff".  The so-called cliff is a Keynesian notion that government spending is required to keep the economy afloat.  I would put forth the possibility that there will be no recession regardless of whether or not we go over the cliff.  The other part of the "cliff" is the looming tax rate hikes.  Who cares?  The new rates will be the old rates under Clinton.  If Clinton was so great, what's wrong with his rates?  If Bush was so bad, why do we need his rates?  As for the middle class tax cuts, well, that's letting Obama get away with playing one group off against the other---  aka class warfare.  Bush got his tax cuts by emphasizing that tax cuts are for everybody.  So tax increases should be for everybody- don't play their game.  All the tax increases do is to put us back to the rates when Clinton was President.
2. Gun control.  Yeah, I've been silent about the shootings recently.  Why?  Because the media has been silent on Benghazi.  Let your silence speak volumes about their silence on Benghazi.  Besides, why should we allow the left to take away our only means of self-defense?  Especially since this president refused to help his own ambassador.  I wouldn't give the government the monopoly on defending us when that monopoly can lead to outcomes like Benghazi.  What if an official allows someone to be murdered who is an inconvenient person to them?  ( like Obama did) Don't give them that power.  Never.  No matter how much pressure they bring to bear.  Don't play that game.
3. The race issue.  Republicans should represent the people who vote for them.  If few of them aren't white, who cares?  The Democrats are anti-white.  Not only are they playing the class warfare card, they play the race card.  Why let them get away with that?  What's wrong with representing whites if the left insists upon being anti-white?  The conservatives have this great fear of being labeled racist.  But the left is racist.  Why not call them on it?