You make some awesome points, but I think the one above is just wrong. I don't think you have a true reading on a couple of things.
A: First, where there is good governance going on, and it is going on in a lot of places, it is Republicans doing it. It is not Democrats. It is not some third party. It is being done by the good conservative Tea Party type Republicans where they have power.
Point AA: Where there is good opposition to Obama going on, it is being done by Republicans like Cruz, Paul, Levin, Limbaugh, Palin, Sowell, etc. No effective opposition is coming from any Democrat and no third party types.
And B, and this is crucial, I don't think you have any idea what it takes to build a party appratus. It is massive.
And point BB: once you have a party apparatus, you have inherent problems. This is a human nature problem, not a "republican" problem. People in power like to, um, STAY IN POWER. This will never change.
And what is the cost of a restructure/teardown of the GOP while spending losa cash to do it we do not have?
Then what is the cost of the albatross of the name Republican that has been so thoroughly discredited?
Then you have to replace every single person on staff as they are either diehard or mercenary.
That leaves an empty building by the time you finish with hellacious dety and said albatross besides.
you are correct in that 3P is not cheap. But it is far cheaper than throwing cash down a rat hole to get nothing in return but the legacy of Republican failure.
Once again I don’t disagree with what you say. I agree also that what you say is true. The aforementioned are playing on the inside, on the lesser of two evils rule, but being pummeled by their own party machine. The few are doing the work of giants and holding to your point of view that building a third party is a nearly impossible task fit only for the demoralized.
The inevitable result is five patriots lose to the Republican machine guy, who then goes on to barely lose to the Socialist Party. The clock seems to have run out by now on this rinse and repeat cycle. What’s more is that the Democrat Party is largely relieved of smear duty when the Romney type GOP leadership and rainmakers do it for them.
We have lost any meaningful differentiation between the parties, which results in lethargy for any fight on the field. The Republicans are demonstrating they have the numbers and the money to ensconce lethargy, so why deny speaking for myself that there has been a coup? Only Obama these days fails to call a coup, a coup. :)