“.......the GOP apparently is looking for a third party challenge.....”
I have believed for a long time the Leftist Democrats have been trying to manipulate the Conservatives into a third party to make them as irrelevant as all third parties.
RINO’s IMO are nothing by stealth Leftists occupying critical positions in the GOP for the purpose of bending the party to the will of the Left, thus I wouldn’t put it past them to engage in similar behavior as the Democrat Party for the same goal.
More of this type of situation as outlined in this article just reinforces my beliefs.
What’s shocking is the presidential campaign and what I saw of the senate campaigns was straight out of the consultant boilerplate handbook. All got crushed. I don’t get how any group of people could be so hard headed to see that the base of the party wins consistently and that the might moderate talk loses. It is beyond comprehension.
I believe Red State’s recent exposé on the consultant incestual situation between fundraisers, media companies, direct mail and digital has a lot to do with it. It is big money above results. I would think they could still make money and have a desire to win.