There will be no hope for the country, unless the Tea Party types take over and control the Republican Party. Sadly, there is not much hope of that happening. Unfortunately, a third party would be another disaster. Even sadder, I am afraid that the USA will be the USSA, in a Communist winter for many years.
Thomas Sowell said some months back that he felt that the march toward socialism was unstoppable without revolution and that he felt that would not happen. I don't see it happening either unless we have a complete financial collapse which is not all that unlikely.