Completely wrong. ALL political parties operate under the same rules, federal and state. All have a similar party structure, and anyone can move to occupy that party structure. They can be supported by others, or opposed by others. Been there done that. Third parties are a losers route.
Obviously you haven't "been there." And you obviously haven't given more than a passing thought to the meaning of the words "free political association."
ALL political parties operate under the same rules, federal and state. All have a similar party structure, and anyone can move to occupy that party structure.
Even the Supreme Court has recognized that political parties have a right to whatever process they choose. I am the chairman of what is already the third-largest political party in America, a party whose process puts the lie completely to your claim. Are you saying that the First Amendment right to free political association is now gone? Because it would have to be for your (unthinking) claim to be valid.
For the record, I think you’re a good guy, with good motives. I think you simply haven’t thought things through.
Get back on a uncompromisingly principled political basis, and then perhaps you will be more fit to offer practical advice concerning which way we should go.
Because, unfortunately, the throughly corrupted Republican Party has reached the point where even your best efforts to gather up and motivate decent people in your little corner of it can only in the end be used by unprincipled people to forward an agenda that you profess to hate.
“Completely wrong. ALL political parties operate under the same rules, federal and state. All have a similar party structure, and anyone can move to occupy that party structure. They can be supported by others, or opposed by others. Been there done that. Third parties are a losers route. “
CORRECT on all points.