Glenn Beck’s whining about both parties being bad is right....and wrong.
The GOP has gone off the rails with their “Democrat Lite” schtick.
There are plenty of good people who are still Republicans and they are fighting hard for control of the party. More people need to join them at the local and state level. That’s where it begins.
The two-party system still could work if we had a real choice. I agree with Mark Levin and Rush Limbaugh that the fight should be within the GOP. That was Reagan’s way.
Third parties are just too risky in a Presidential election. Too much potential for vote splitting. Bush + Perot = Clinton (who never won a majority of votes)
There is only one problem with your thinking, it gave is that POS Mccain as a candidate, and the day in day out crying and demanding we vote for his democrat lite butt.
Reagan did it from within, but he is the exception rather than the rule. Let's not kid ourselves, many in the GOP hated Goldwater and Reagan. True, once he was elected, they gave lip service to conservatism. They were just biding their time. The Republican establishment has treated conservatives like sheep for years. They think we stink a little, but will follow the leadership as directed.
Even as the parties fortunes have declined, they continued to abandon conservatives. It was shameful to see the GOP kiss up to Spector when everyone with a brain knew he was a Democrat and would switch parties as soon as it was to his benefit to do so. This NY23 race should be a huge lesson for the GOP. If they don't get it - you will see more Hoffmans in 2010.