I used to belileve this. Every election came around and I contributed to the party, worked at the Pub hdgtrs, worked as an election judge and then following the election watched the Pubs fall into line with their DC establishment "betters". Over the years I became disenchanted and stopped contributing to the GOP and gave contributions to candidates. Then the TEA Party revolution came and I was re-energized. I then watched as the GOPe instead of embracing the movement systematically began marginalizing the TEA Party and it's candidates. If a TEA PARTY candidate won that person was marginalized by the leadership.
The final straw was when the GOPe voted to exempt themselves and their staffs from obamacare, but yet decided it was okay to impose it on me and mine. Now I don't work at the local Pub office and have removed myself from it's membership list. I won't be an election judge. I will only contribute to and vote for a conservative. If a conservative is not on the ballot I won't vote.