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OK.

That’s how they want to play, then let’s play.

Take over the GOP from the inside. Crucify and destroy anyone who gets in the way. The establishment candidates should be subject to vicious, personal attacks from within the GOP until the establishment is scared of their own party.

OK. That’s how they want to play, then let’s play. Take over the GOP from the inside.

As I drove home today for 6 hours, 3 of them were filled by the Rush Limbaugh show. According to Rush, what you stated above "was the plan all along." "Take back the party."

Have to say, this whole "take back the party" mantra is getting old. I've been hearing it since 1992 and working on/off for such a thing to happen. The problem with "taking back the party" is the rules - notably SENIORITY rules are set against anyone who manages to unseat an incumbent or win in an open primary and general election.

Then there's the big money problem, where incumbents get all the money, and challengers have to rely in grassroots support and bare-thread campaigns to win.

Not to say it can't happen -- it just doesn't happen enough.

On the other hand, starting a Conservative or "Tea" Party will simply guarantee Democrat wins.

Can't we just hang 'em all (D's and R's alike) and start all over?? Seems to me a quick and dirty revolution complete with tar, rope, feathers and a hanging party is really what this country needs.

Take over the GOP from the inside. Crucify and destroy anyone who gets in the way.

Why stop there? Let's take over BOTH parties from the inside, just like the lefties did. I've been trying to convince people in deep blue states, like here in Cali, to register Democrat or just vote in Democrat primaries to select the most conservative candidate. In fact, I'd like to see Freeper and Tea Party types run for office AS Democrats in blue states.

>> OK.

>> That’s how they want to play, then let’s play.

>> Take over the GOP from the inside. Crucify and destroy anyone who gets in the way. The establishment candidates should be subject to vicious, personal attacks from within the GOP until the establishment is scared of their own party.

YES, DAVE!!!! EXACTLY!!!!

Third parties are inherently fratricidal. If a movement can’t get a plurality of one of the parties, they are never going to win an election; they will only pull votes away from the party whose ideas they most closely resemble.

I oppose this bill on democratic principle, but 3rd parties are lethal to true conservatives, unless one of several possibilities exist:

1. Fusion candidates. If a mainstream party improves itself, the 3rd-party has to hate it all the more to protect its ballot positions. Fusion elections allow multiple parties to support the same candidate, so a conservative can support a good Republican, but do so by voting for a 3rd-party which endorses him.

2. Run-offs. End plurality elections; require the winner to take a majority. Costs can be reduced by allowing voters 2nd choices, eliminating the need for separate run-off elections.