“You do not need to form a third party. It is actually fairly easy to take over the GOP, but it’s got to be along the Gingrich model of state by state.”
I went to a couple of GOP meetings in Tallahassee. There was a cadre of old GOPers who controlled everything. It did not appear to be easy to take over. You get in. You pay your dues, and by that time you’re so invested in the way things are, you can’t change them.
Yeah, GOP is the same way in AZ. Total waste of time.
Wow. A couple of meetings? Did you just expect them to hand it over to you? Are you a baby boomer?
The Ron Paulers took over the Republican Party of Iowa in one year by controlling the convention. The social conservatives have been nominating and winning at the state legislative level for several years, and hence the Iowa GOP caucus is probably about as conservative as you will get.
I’ve been on the front lines too long to know that is a load.