The Republican party is not going anywhere. It controls the House, is close to controlling the Senate, and may control the House, the Senate and the Presidency soon. It is entrenched, powerful and stable. It is much more powerful today than it was 40 years ago.
In the late ‘60’s the Republicans only held about 34 Senate seats, had a bedraggled minority in the House, and didn’t control the White House. The media said Republicans were a “permanent minority party”. Wrong.
Starting a third party that can compete with Ds and Rs is a pipedream. It would cost hundreds of millions to get a viable third party off the ground. And all that money would be at risk for years. Hey, go ahead and write some checks. I’ll watch.
It would be much easier to take over the Republican party, IF conservatives had the numbers. We don’t. Which means we can take our lumps in the party, where we have some influence, or out of it, where we will have none.
Now, if you want to try something, drop your membership in the Republican party. I did that in 2007. I still vote for the most conservative viable candidate when I have a vote. Lowering the membership and voting for conservative congress-critters is the only way forward that I see at this time. Parties worry over memberhip numbers and will bend a little if faced with dropping numbers.
As for the “I’ll never vote for so-so crew”, so what? Nobody gives a damn or misses you if you join the huge group of Americans who never vote. Much of America is powerless, join them if you like by not voting, no one cares.
You can get back to us when Mittens has been nominated and when Obozo has been re-elected. You can then tell us how much no one missed our votes.
Help dump Romney or pay the price.