“My big problem with a third party is this: If conservatives and other freedom-loving citizens can’t even take over the GOP - and they can’t as demonstrated by the lack of success at doing so since Reagan, then what makes them think they can create a viable 3rd party?”
You mean Romney isn’t the problem?
You mean the problem is the “true conservatives” can’t get organized and focused, and can’t persuade a majority of primary voters of the wisdom of conservatism?
“True Conservatives” maybe ought to start doing whatever it takes, to be more effective, instead of blaming everybody and everything else, and starring in victimhood roles.
Romney is merely filling a vacumn, left because of no obvious solid conservative frontrunner.
Solid as in not the “flavor of the week.”
“Romney is merely filling a vacumn, left because of no obvious solid conservative frontrunner.”
Romney is just a typical northeastern politician.
There is a vacuum of conservatism because there is no National-to-Local organizational continuum to incubate conservative candidates.
It’s certainly not found in the GOP. The GOP is the “Big Government” party, as opposed to the Dems “Bigger Government” party.
I don’t know why conservatives can’t make more effective inroads into the GOP and effect conservative changes. I think the reason might be that the national GOP is willing to falsely trumpet belief in certain social issues important to conservatives as a trade-off for leaving the big-government status quo alone.
That’s apparently been good enough for conservatives thus far - and the strategy hasn’t even been effective for conservative social issues if we look at what has been done even when there is GOP control of the House.
I guess it makes people feel better that they can call themselves conservative. They don’t actually have an expectation of their candidates getting elected.
Sort of like zotting supporters of certain political candidates - it makes some people feel better - allows them to claim certain conservative attributes in online social circles, but really doesn’t accomplish a whole lot other than that.