I like that idea, we teaparty R's need to stay registered R, if you get pissed and denounce the party and change your registration to I or C then you will not have a chance to vote the GOP-e's out in the primary's! Stayed registered R, that is our power.
It doesn’t work that way in Ohio. The party’s ballot you ask for at the voting precinct is the party to which you are assigned.
You’re absolutely right about staying registered Republican. Some states have closed primaries, so a conservative independent would have no power to help a conservative Republican win the Republican primary. We should not leave the party out of frustration or anger. That only gives it over to the GOPe. The Republican Party is OUR party, because we outnumber them. They are the ones who should be coming to us hat in hand for our votes.