In my own world, one thing I've done is to get more involved. I agree that forming a 3rd party to represent conservative ideology is a sure fired way to make Conservatism a minority player for a generation. It makes far more sense to take back the Republican Party. After all, we're clearly not fighting genius here. Some of what I'm doing involves subtly enlightening folks I see regularly to the folly of what is happening. Some of this effort involves staying in at least weekly contact with my representatives offices. Another thing I've started doing, especially with my 'Rat congresscritter, is keep an eye on his website and watch for public appearances. I've already shown up at one event and asked a very polite, but pointed question regarding his support for the Porkulus bill. I had "done my homework" and knew that this Rep. has five kids and a dozen grandkids. So, I framed my question in terms of the Porkulus impact on his family and heirs. He clearly thought that he was in safe water, but, as I expected, many in the room were not satisfied with his response to me, saw the parallels in their own lives and they carried on until the Rep. claimed a time conflict and dashed out. An interesting discussion followed his hasty departure and I think it left a lot of his supporters questioning his re-election.
Putting face to face pressure on these folks, as well as enlightening others in such situations, will be a major part of my efforts between now and November of 2010.
Having met several of my congresscritters over the years, both Senators and Representatives, both Republican and Democrat, one thing sticks out in my mind. These people impress me as being gutless wonders at best and sniveling cowards at worst. The one thing they fear the most is not getting re-elected. Face to face pressure seems to work better for reminding them who they work for, especially if there is media present at these sorts of events. I wish more folks would adopt this idea, especially the "doom and gloomers" who seem to prefer to sit back, rant and rave to each other instead of putting their efforts to more constructive uses.
That is AWESOME!
As for the rest of what you said, I agree with it wholeheartedly, and would love to see 10,000,000 conservatives across the country doing the same!