[Fred Hayek]

Once again, the GOPe looks to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. First with McLame, then Romney. But this? This is telling the voters in the Republican Primaries “screw you, the GOPe is going to run its own third party candidate.” That would be the proverbial turd in the punch bowl. And to have Hillary win in 2016, just out of spite against Trump because he threatens the status quo. Bill Kristol, why don’t you and your clique just quit the Republican Party, move to Minnesota and join the DFL. Your junior high mentality will fit in well there, though the fact that you did not go to junior high in Minnesota might count against you.

[djstex]

Exactly!
These screwballs like Kristol will do anything to undermine Our will.
Can they get by with it?
I say only if WE let Them!
Fight these Bastards like We never have.
Sincerely, if we don't,we'll never rest easy knowing we failed our future....OUR kids and grand kids.

[Lazamataz]

Once again, the GOPe looks to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. First with McLame, then Romney. But this? This is telling the voters in the Republican Primaries “screw you, the GOPe is going to run its own third party candidate.”

Your perspective is wrong, because you start with a flawed premise.

The flawed premise is that "Republicans and Democrats are opposition parties to one another."

They are not. They are both two faces of the exact same coin.

Heads, you lose. Tails, you lose. It is only when the coin is taken away that they pull out the guns.

They would not be snatching defeat from the jaws of victory, they would be assuring another win. This time it would be "Tails, you lose."