In any case, if Romney wins, we're in no better shape than we are now, the decline only slows its pace. Romney will never pick a conservative for the Supreme Court, so that rationale is pointless, IMO.
I stated this a long while back, it is time to start a new party that reflects the values and principle of conservatives. It will not be a quick fix, and it will not have much of an effect on this election, but you have to start somewhere, and since the GOP is simply now the moderate arm of the DNC, it needs to be replaced, period.
Considering the current makeup of our electorate, I do not believe that the ballot box will ever again be useful in returning this country to a prosperous path, so this discussion is pretty much moot at this point, IMO.
If you have a cunning plan to take over the country, then demonstrate first how well it works by taking over one of the two main parties.
Until then, I will doubt.
My limited understanding is the Tea Parties got significant gains against the Democrats because they focused on Taxed Enough Already, and didn’t raise the social conservative issues as a litmus test for candidates. People agreed with them, and voted for them, and refused to get distracted.
They won because of that.
I am sure the social conservatives have a different view of things.