One of the first premises of America's Party, laid out clearly when we founded it four years ago, is found in our first President's Farewell Address. In that important document, George Washington spoke at length warning against the dangers of both regional and party factionalism.
He was not part of any political party, by the way.
Therefore, we set out to create what is really an "un" party party. In other words, we make our political affiliations, associations, and endorsements based solely on proven adherence to, and consistent accountability to, the core non-negotiable principles of the republic, not on something so trivial as what letter happens to be by a candidate's name.
So, while admittedly the numbers are still small, we have helped elect some folks. Still primarily with Rs by their names. One of our original state chairmen is now a state senator in AL. One of our affiliates is a state delegate in MD. A number of our affiliates have won GOP primaries while not winning in the general, including several Congressional primaries.
In my state house district, one of our best leaders won election two years ago by two to one margins, and has just virtually won reelection by besting the GOPe offering two to one in this year's primary. No Democrat is even bothering to run against him.
You can scoff at that all you like, but the fact is that we are not like any other party anyone has ever seen, and we are giving principled conservatives a solid place to stand.
And as Archimedes said centuries ago:
Primarily? You mean entirely, you just can't fess up to it.
The problem is, that every single person we think of as a decent conservative in office has an (R) by their name. Before you say it, I realize that doesn't mean everyone with an (R) behind their name is a conservative, but the fact remains, outside of those (R)'s, there are no elected conservatives.
Also, your new party may be four years old, but you've been trying this schtick for some 20 years being the head of the other "conservative" party you were the head of with Alan Keyes. It's gone nowhere, it's going nowhere, you're nothing but a distraction and a siphon of votes against the most destructive, hateful administration we've ever had.
Sorry, that's the truth.