[LarryLied]

The Democrat party achieved the success it did because other groups such as the Socialist Party and the Communist Party USA used it as a proxy. At times they opposed the DNC head-on but usually they voted Democrat and used their numbers as a magnet to drag the party to their position. Conservative third parties spend more time going after the Republican party than Democrats. The 14,000 members of the IAP is a nice voting block. Enough to be a power broker in the Republican party in the state. They should use their power rather than squander it by defeating Republicans. If they don't, they will suffer the same fate as the Libertarian Party.

[weikel]

In my opinion the Republican party should heavily finance parties on the Dems left to split their vote.