There are no alternatives at this point.
None... (that I know of) At least as far as the National party and federal offices go... And that is a good thing, as Ill explain.
There are many folks at the state level who share our “angry malcontent right wing extremist” views. Honestly, that is where the focus should be. We are not going to beat the federal government back into the limited size and scope that was intended for it from with the federal government. We are going to do it with the organizational units that originally created the fedgov... the States.
Do I really think it matters that cheney, steel, limbaugh or any other person heads the national GOP or holds some federal position? nope... they are ineffectual anyway. The real danger is in the shift of momentum and focus of the folks on our side away from what can make significant change back to the same old worn out path.
We need to concentrate 100% of our efforts on getting control of as many states as possible with folks who are willing to set those states against the usurpations of the fedgov. Anything else is just a distraction from the main front of this war.
Well, we need to fight on more than one front at a time. We need to do what you suggest, which is what the left has been doing for 40+ years and their ship has come in. Much of this has been done behind the scenes while we (most average people, anyway) weren't looking.
We also need to fight a very public fight in the arena of ideas and this is where the "leader" of the movement is important. As far as I'm concerned it can be a leadership team and, in fact, I think this is best as it projects power and confidence. These leaders will emerge. I still agree with you that it is premature to pick now. Leadership becomes apparent. It is seldom artificially generated.
It bothers me that the Rush, Cheney, etc. conservative side is being ignored or trashed by the rest of the RINOs. If Cheney can't get support IN PRINCIPLE after his Obama smackdown speech then, as I wrote at the time, we are very screwed at least for the time being.
What I really wonder about is whether there is *anyone* behind the scenes actually strategizing the conservative movement's long term campaign. Right now it looks like the RINOs are simply pushing us out.
Personally, I'm depressed about the near term. We'll see what happens next.