No, MC. I've gone that route and all it does is split some conservatives off from the Republican party. That's exactly how the Clintons got elected in 1992 and 1996. I understand your frustration with the Rs, but the third-party route just doesn't work.
But if the GOP does not get its act together and I am very angry with the GOP over this Sarah Palin bashing, they ARE going to lose more people to 3rd party.
True...But I might run on both party lines in Maine. I want to show the RNC that REPUBLICANS are not dead in Maine and New England.