How does that jibe with the results in 2010, especially in the state legislatures?
The only hope for Conservatism lies in the GOP - no third party will see electoral success in our lifetimes. If a strong GOP is needed for Conservatism to survive, then we have to first stop Obama, or the GOP will splinter and we will spend decades in the wilderness.
We've seen this before - the Taft/Roosevelt split gave us Wilson, and look at how well that turned out.
That's so good I have to bump it.
(and spoken by a Perot voter who learned my lesson)