After thirty years of globalist Bakerite control of the party, we have the advantage of knowledge in hindsight, which Reagan could not have foreseen- With primaries hopelessly advantaged toward the RINOs, and the RNC in control of Bakerites- who will dole out their monies according to their advantage, there is little hope of true Conservative control of anything in the Republican party, there never was, and there never will be.
It may well be easier to build up the Conservative base in the Republican party- but it is far less effective.
As the Republicans absorb their globalist ideology, we come very close to a one party system- the two parties holding a distinction without a difference. It is high time to build a 3rd (really 2nd) party- One that will offer principled statesmen to return us to Conservative, traditional governance.
The key word here is "governance."
These United States are rapidly moving into a state of rule rather than of governance, and time is of the essence here. We must return to our the correct path before it is too late...if it is not already too late.
Many of the Founders would be devastated, but not surprised, at what their beloved Republic has become.