The Electoral College effectively requires that interest groups split into two camps, more left, and more right. Because the Electoral College is “Winner Take All” by State, splitting a State’s votes among more than one right-ish groups ensures defeat. We don’t want 20% Republican, 35% Conservative, and 45% Democrat outcomes in states.
Therefore, each camp has to choose its political vehicle. Currently, that is Democrat and Republican. If a more conservative political vehicle were constructed (a “Conservative Party”), then the leftist Democrats would win the Presidency surely by way of the example above.
So, the proper thing to do is recapture the Republican Party. We can do that with pressure, cash, votes, etc. Just don’t vote, work, or give cash to Republicans that aren’t conservatives.
That’s that consistent answer over years. Reagan recaptured the Republican party for conservatives. We must do it again each generation.
Times have changed and despite my voting, campaigning and contributing to the Republicans over the past ten years, their voting record has worsened and the contempt of the Republican establishment towards us conservatives has greatly increased. At my age, I have no hope for the “Stupid Party” for the foreseeable future. Hope is a virtue that Boehner, McCain et al have destroyed. I chose realism and shall spend my time in protecting and nourishing my family from the ravages of government and politicians, both R and D.
You can't recapture something that you never had to begin with. I'm not sure that the GOP has ever truly been a conservative party. Fiscally, perhaps, although even that is pretty shaky. The reality is that we have two big government parties running (ruining?) the country. As soon as Bush I took office, whatever conservatism had crept into the party while Reagan was in office nearly disappeared and has only been seen in fits and starts when the party wants to sucker the base into voting for them. But the two-party system is clearly a charade at this point.