[so_real]

"Which do you think the beltway crowd is apt to do?"

If conservatives are left to pound sand, then we'll truly have a one party system exposed for all to see. That in and of itself will be a catalyst for political change. But I really don't see that happening. Collectively the "conservatives" make one heck of a large lobbying body -- especially as we overlap evangelicals. Some party will woo us, no doubt. It's just a matter of making a stand, enduring a little pain, and putting out concise requirements.

[Eyes Unclouded]

I hope your right. I fear that the DC party will just marginalize us (not that we need that much help this time around) and then proceed to split us up and keep us in such despair that whatever scraps we scoff at now in 8 years time will look like a feast.