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"The CP is on the verge of a tremendous leap forward. One that is driven by grassroots conservative activists."

I would be interested in hearing more. They started out as The U.S. Taxpayers Party with an almost exclusive focus on the Presidential Race. They have added a little more of a local focus since then, but I would like to see them move further in that direction.

If you have information about a significant grassroots groundswell for them, that would be of great interest to me.

I have finally come to the conclusion that conservatives should take a page out of the early Progressive movement in Vermont. The early Progressive Coalition was not an actual political party. (They later became a third party and are now a major party) They were a loose coalition of left-wing groups dedicated to pushing a left-wing agenda. Sometimes they ran an Independent candidate for office and sometimes they backed the Democratic candidate if the candidate was far enough to the left. This is my preferred model.

For this year, I would focus more on local races than the race for President. It is simply too late for a third party run to get much traction. In the meantime, such an effort would redirect much needed energy, attention and recourses from local races where we might really have a chance to make an impact.