It's going in a bad direction, no question about that. That's why it is necessary to reform it and that's where Sarah comes in. Third parties don't win elections in this country, that's just the way it is. So the best we can do is get strong conservatives like Sarah Palin to reform the GOP.
Right now, McCain and the status quo in the GOP are trying to mold the party in his image, crafting it moderate and with a message full of mush, soft both inside and out. We don't need that. But if we join a third party we are not going to win elections, and in the meantime the liberal-leftist democrats will continue to advance their agenda and trash this country with their policies of destruction and naked pursuit of total power.
We need to stop the bleeding, and crafting a dynamic where we are looking from the outside isn't the way to advance a conservative agenda.