Yep. Reset, I understand your aversion and fear of third-party dynamics, that they "never win." Personally, I don't care whether the new Second party so obviously being sought by Americans goes by the name Republican, Constitution, or Bob's Your Uncle. The only thing I care about when the 2016 presidential ticket comes around is voting FOR a limited government conservative.
Maybe the Republican party will start to turn right again if enough conservative "Independents" displace their liberal Republican representatives by following through on upsdriver's great suggestion. Maybe it won't and a new Second party will form when disillusioned Republican conservatives switch to the new party in order to leave the Romneys and Cochrans and McCains and Lindsey Grahams out of the loop.
This is like an approaching wave: coming whether we like it or not, so we'd better prepare instead of standing with our mouths gaping as if it's going to stop before it reaches us.
I am prepared to chuck conventional wisdom.
“I am prepared to chuck conventional wisdom.”
Hmmm.
Something that has me thinking is the WHY here. Why did the gop wing of the uniparty go into MS and run a campaign to win against Chris McDaniel in a manner that would outrage conservatives and deliver a slap in the face. Yes, they’re looking to preserve their power at any cost. We already know that. It’s almost as if it was calculated to cause maximum fury.
I’ve been suspicious for some time that the stab conservatives in the back campaign is less hamfisted than it seems at first blush. Perhaps they’ve already run the numbers, done the calculus and decided that driving conservatives out of the gop wing of the uniparty is the best course of action to improve their long term prospects of expanding their power? Is it bait?
In any case, my story is that the ballot box for conservatives is generally a dead end. And I see no reason this week to step back from that point of view.