There are plenty of ways to play hard ball w/o replacing the entire Republican Party with a third party.
Again, a third party MUST win MANY elections FIRST. I hope they do. In the meantime, they need baby steps, starting with winning a few elections.
The entire republican party is the problem.
In the mean time we'll have partybots posting on websites we must change the GOP from within etc etc and would never vote for an Independent Conservative even if it was winnable or at least possible. They put party before principle. They claim principle even saying we need to pray for the nation,{I do agree we should pray} BUT they themselves REFUSE ELECTION AFTER ELECTION to take that needed step away from the corruption now running for office.
Act in Faith. If you pray for it then be ready to act on it in faith. Do what is right acting in faith despite impossibilities. Don't do what is politically expedient or you will be under their yoke because YOU voted for them. You elected them anyway knowing what they are.
I haven't voted GOP in a national office in the general election since 1996. Why? Because of who was running. I didn't vote for "Bob Dole Says" either. He was the straw that broke the camels back for me. The Conservatives have been deliberately shut out of every convention since 1996. I have no reason to support the GOP-E not for any reason.