We need a bottoms up approach. We have to take the GOP back and have conservatives run it again. The way you do that is by electing real conservatives at the local, state, congress and senate levels. I live in MA where there is no GOP so I am seeking out capable conservative candidates anywhere in the country that I will support financially and with my time. Instead of funding the RNC which will give money to RINO’s and McCain let us seek out individual candidates that are conservatives and support them.
The GOP as a whole is not worthy of our support in its current form but there are good individuals in congress and senate. A third party is a very unlikely option with the entrenched organization that exists for the two parties. I think we really need to take back the GOP and then hold the once we support accountable to real conservative principles.
In fact if anyone knows of worthy conservatives running specially for congress let me know. I have allocated a certain amount of time and money which I will allocate to upto 10 candidates. If all of us were to adopt even 1 or 2 deserving candidates I believe we can make a difference. The White House is lost no matter who wins, we have to initially create an obstacle in congress and then retake it with real small govt, self reliant real America loving Republicans.
http://www.hunterforcongress.com/ (Running for his father's seat in CA)Iraq/Afghanistan War Veteran.
https://www.jimogonowski.com/general/page/about (MA-running against Kerry) Veteran who's brother piloted one of the planes terrorists flew into the towers.
There is another Iraq war vet running but I do not remember the state or the name. Perhaps someone else here does. If we can take back the House and Senate, with enough true Conservatives, then who is in the White House will not matter as the position will be rendered powerless. I really wish Duncan Hunter (Sr.) hadn't retired or resigned.
So, let me get this straight: Even though such a grass-roots, bottom-up approach is exactly how we took the party away from the country clubbers back in the days of Gerald Ford, we should only try it now if we have a Democrat in office? We have to do it whether McCain wins or not, so why not get a guy with a clue about the war?
I understand your approach, but I am not sure that the GOP can be saved any more. It will take too much time to try to start from the bottom and move up... that would, in reality mean starting at the state level. There isn’t enough frustration at that level for people to be moved to action. Trying to take it back in DC in the House and Senate, again...means you have to have enough people upset about those who are currently representing them. I don’t think it can be saved that way...though I understand your approach. I think the message needs to be sent LOUD and CLEAR, NOW that we are fed up with the GOP and their pseudo-options, MHO.