[21stCenturyFreeThinker]

A new conservative party will likely be a minority party for years to come.

I'm not so sure. The Whig party self destructed and the Republican party was born in less than a decade.

The analogy isn't perfect but it could be the starting point for a new movement. With serious mainstream conservative support it could happen.

[21stCenturyFreeThinker]

I thought I had posted this already. A short wikipedia article that discusses the demise of the Whigs and the rise of the Republicans.

[Jay Redhawk]

The Whig collapse in 1852 was largely the result of the Whig inability to deal with the question of slavery. Republicans were able to form quickly from a base of Whigs, Free Soilers, disaffected Democrats and others, and by 1856 they were able to offer up a strong presidential candidate in John C. Fremont. I think it is possible that a conservative third party could grow quickly if the right issues and events come along. But, for right now I don’t see any issues coming up that might shake American voters to their senses.
Hopefully, a conservative party could rise quickly to power, but I fear that because we have so slowly lost our liberty it has largely gone unnoticed by a majority of Americans. I really believe that the majority of people do not care what the government does so long as they are not asked to do anything. It is then up to us who do care to position things so that when the time comes we are ready to step forward and take the country back.
I do know that voting for John McCain would only serve to reinforce the Republican party’s notion that conservatives will always fall into line and vote for the lesser of two evils. I am tired of helping them get what they want while they chuckle behind my back.

[TBP]

The Whig party self destructed and the Republican party was born in less than a decade.

The Republicans won the White House just six (6) years after the party was founded.