I believe this may be the best path to electing true conservatives. Incumbent GOPe candidates are almost impossible to beat.
I believe this may be the ticket for how to replace incumbents like Senator Lindsey Graham in open primary states like South Carolina. Run a true conservative as a democrat and then have him/her run far to the right of Lindsey. This person would receive the democrats vote as well as many conservatives. This is how you dump the Lindseys and McCains.
I should add that this could only be pulled off in conservative districts or states.
I don't see the DNC going along with this. Halvorsen will have no support that the Tea Party doesn't provide. No financial, no GOTV, no endorsements. Wouldn't surprise me to see the DNC campaign against their own candidate, along with the RNC. I wish him luck, he'll need it.