That carrot has been dangling from the stick so long that it’s dried up and turning brown. The Prgressives are too well entrenched. We can waste our time fighting it, or we can expend our energy building a new party. We’ve spent so much time fighting the Progressives in our own party that we’ve let the Progressives in the DNC run rampant. I’m less interested in fixing the problems in the GOP than I am with fixing the problems in our country.
Rod - I don’t think starting a 3rd party assures our destruction. I think it’s the only path to success. But we have to take a long-term view on the presidency - 12-16 years - instead of supporting more of the same. We can’t continue this short-term thinking. It’s killing us.
The GOP is a damaged brand, as is the “Tea Party” (not the Tea Party philosophy, just the name). There is no point in pursuing either one any more. The media has successfully destroyed them.
Instead, we either join the Constitution party or start another which will take much longer, and start looking for legitimate congressional candidates who can communicate conservatism in a rational and convincing manner. A massive influx of conservatives into the Constitution Party will give it credibility that will attract both legitimate candidates and additional conservatives. One win is all it will take to turn the corner.
We abandon the presidency for the next 2-3 cycles and concentrate our efforts on getting Tea Party-type people into a majority position in the House and Senate - local and state efforts, not national efforts - more under the radar. If we’re able to get a majority of conservative candidates into congress, whoever is President is immaterial. With 60 senators and a majority in the House, we can get anything passed we want to - overriding a presidential veto as required.
I doubt the GOP will ever have another of their candidates elected as President - with our current demographic and a treasonous media, even if the GOP gets a candidate elected he will only be less liberal than the liberal the Dems put up.
I don’t see any other way at this point. I said early this year that the selection of Mitt Romney as the GOP candidate would be the death of the GOP. We can’t change it from within, we can’t continue to support more of the same and I believe that there is no way to convince the mentally-challenged, non-conservatives and non-republicans to join us - the media won’t let it happen. It’s time we recognize this and take some positive action to save the Country.