Read up on how the Repub party started.
One party collapsed and a new one took its place.
And the Republican has also made a full circle and returned to it's Liberal origins. Here's some real big problems. The GOP of today isn't as such individual funded but rather corporate or very, very, rich donor funded. The self appointed spokesperson of the GOP today if one watches Fox News is a man that during the GW Bush administration made certain GOP-E got full support of White House and RNC etc over all Conservatives. Can anyone anymore turn on FOX News for even an hour and not see Karl Roves annoying face? His and John McCain's face are shown as being the GOP voice. They don't speak for me so I stopped turning on Fox news entirely.
The Social Conservative movement needs it's on TV media. It was tried once about 20 years ago. Paul Weyrich had a network up and running called National Empowerment Television. This was at he height of the GOP wins in 1994. Weyrich went after Trent Lott with a vengeance.
The GOP-E controls the Media releases for the GOP. So Conservatives get no voice or real representation. FOX News as such in that respect has done the cause far more harm than good. The Dems like Juan Willams, Bob Beckel, etc get their say as the voice of the DEMs then ones like Rove, McCain, Graham, and even O'Rielly, are pushed off as being Conservatives. There are maybe a handful of Conservatives allowed any air time and their time very limited.
I think it's the right time for a third party. I believe a third party can work and replace the GOP or at least finally force the true needed reform in it dethroning the Oligarchy in control of it now. Right now the ones saying work within the party are what Boehner, Rove, McCain, Bush, etc count on. They can be funded by rich donors and our dollar has little if any effect. But our real power is our vote. Withhold your vote and they can't be reelected.