That's the way I feel as well. I was very active in supporting a Tea Party candidate in 2010. He lost, but managed to tie down a couple million in Dem dollars that might have tipped the balance in races elsewhere.
The GOP always has had a very tenuous relationship between conservatives and the country-club Republicans. We did not turn that into an open rift - they did in 2010 when they backstabbed Tea Party conservatives who beat their RINOs in the primary.
Until the GOP-E shows they are willing to do more with the conservative base than treat us as poor relations, I will keep supporting conservative candidates who I feel will in turn work to keep the liberal tendencies of both the Dems and the GOP in line.
God bless and Keep you, dirtboy.
No matter which big-government, pro-abortion-gun-grabbing-liar wins in November, we need as many TEA Party patriots in the U.S. House and Senate to stop that president from imposing his liberal agenda on us.
The GOP-E with their fossil incumbents, gave our TEA Party patriots the shaft in 2010 when it came to leadership positions, so we must send an arsenal of re-enforcements.