I didn’t say anything about forming a party, I meant to get behind a single candidate before the primaries start.
Right. I thought I would comment on both possibilities. You are correct: there is no time to form a party, and it is almost definitely not the right time to try.
But another party could pick up the Tea Party favorite if and when the GOP says they don’t want him. I think the Libertarian Party is on the ballot in a lot more states than it used to be. I remember when it was just Alaska.