[so_real]

Who's he kidding? The major political parties have a death grip on the electoral process

The *fact* of the matter is, that the Republicans will *never* win another presidential race without the support of the *conservative* base. If we successfully remove a substantial portion of that conservative base with a 3rd party option, we *guarantee* a Republican loss. The 3rd party may never win, that is true, but the Republicans are *guaranteed* to lose.

They won't stand for that long. They will woo us once again. All the "change the party from within" talk is tripe. What the party needs is a kick in the backside and I am happy to oblige it. And people will say 'but that means we could be stuck with Obama for another election cycle!'. Um ... we're stuck with him now. There is no difference, but for the fact that a 3rd party vote eases my conscious and delivers a swift kick to the RNC. I'm good with that.

[cousair]

I can’t go against Gingrich because he is a good solid conservative! His talk of a GOP split is scary and smacks of something easier than getting down to the hard work of fixing what is wrong. There is no doubt that the Constitution, Bill of Rights and Declaration of Independence are in danger...and that is what is important.

[cripplecreek]

The GOP stuck us with Obama and the rats with their deliberate denigration of conservative candidates.

I now have a socialist (not to mention criminal) congressman because the GOP withdrew party money late in his campaign. They called him a lost cause and he ended up losing by a whole 2%. They were never happy with him anyway because he defeated one of their RINOs for the seat in the first place.

[dusttoyou]

Ummmm, it looks like “teach the GOP a lesson” is what got us in this rapidly warming cook pot now, politics is often the “lesser of two evils”. Even the slimy little Maverick would be better than nobama. The old saying comes to mind “cutting off one’s nose to spite one’s face”.

After 2 nobama terms nothing will be turned back for 50 years.

Great operational theory you have there! Unless of course its really OBAMAWORLD you prefer.

In its current status the GOP is almost dead in the water. Things can turn around with a GOOD conservative leader and the willingness to cut support to the damn RINOs. If none of this comes about, the 3rd party may be our only option, but I’ll join in only if its headed up with a GREAT CONSERVATIVE of national stature. Short of that, we are either stuck or decide its time to revisit 1776.

[WOSG]

What the party needs is a kick in the backside and I am happy to oblige it. And people will say 'but that means we could be stuck with Obama for another election cycle!'. Um ... we're stuck with him now.

You are advocating the Marxist strategy of making things worse so they make it better. Getting stuck with Obama and the Democrats in Congress now isn't the 'cure' for anything except prosperity, freedom, national sovereignty and strong traditonal values.

Destroying American in order to reform the GOP is about as smart as burning down your house because you dont like how the living room is painted.