The Grand Old Plop is pushing me towards a third party. Get it together Pube Party, or you are done.
Er, best to get in, not out, and best to get active in the party if you want your views to prevail inside it.
One problem with conservatives/Republicans is that the professional political class that actually shows up tends to the left.
They have the time and inclination to work this on the inside, the rest of us conservatives tend to work outside of politics. Its probably a self-selection effect based on personality.
The object of the conservative political strategy has to be to beat the communists. Therefore, we have to be mindful in picking and choosing. When the Rinos put a socialist, we need to vote conservative third party; when we have a conservative Republican, we need to vote them into power.
It could go one of two ways for the GOP - either they stop putting up socialists or they are guarenteed to lose elections. If they do it too much, a third party will end up with more in power than the GOP.