I'm just pretty cynical, considering the rah-rah false dichotomy rhetoric about the two party system. To tell the truth, my first vote for a third party candidate (first ever for a non-Republican) in 2004 was liberating. I recommend it.
You are not going to lead an exodus of conservatives to questionable third parties.
Second, FR a Republican cheering section? perhaps if you wish credibility you might want to amend that remark. Republicans are savaged quite often, never more so than in aftermath of the filibuster deal which the Majority strongly denounced.
I hope the candidate you voted for, kept his day job.