Over the course of the last Twenty years the Republican party apparatus has provided us with a number of examples of how to kill "conservative" - Non go along/get along types. Various Senatorial candidates have been takes out in Primaries or general elections. Most of these take-outs were orchestrated by the Turtle.
How much work does one need to put in to push out the existing oligarchy in the Republican party? - Bray may be able to add some insight here
Why would it be foolish to look at third parties? Would it not take the same amount of work, possibly less, to mount candidates for the General elections.
It would still take $$$ any a lot of knocking on doors
The UniParty has great experience at dealing with opposition.
The Reform Party and the Tea Party both have stories to tell..nothin’ spectacular. They just “seem” to get tied up in a multitude of little knots.
Six-ways from Sunday and all that as Sen Charles Schumer has noted