I can see why someone would dislike the LP-I happen to agree with the general sentiment that it has become a national laughingstock-but I don't see what's wrong with the GOP trying to ingratiate itself with libertarians, federalists, Objectivists, and other people who are genuinely interested in preserving our gradually dwindling supply of liberties and freedoms, but who have become profoundly disenchanted with the political process.
The problems with the Republican Party today-and they are manifold-can all be traced back to a lack of conviction, and a reluctance to fight for the principles that made this party great.
As long as political hacks like Frist and Mehlman are running he show I don't see how we can progress as a political movement.