How is this a temper tantrum? How is this any different than any Tea Party demonstration, beyond being easier, cheaper, and allowing maximum flexibility (i.e. just because we don't register as Republicans does not preclude voting for them if and when warranted.)
Meanwhile, a significant drop in registrations would definitely send a message to the Republican Party that they cannot afford to ignore the base.
How is that not a valid grass roots activity that, if successful, is bound to pressure the Republicans in a very real way?
Maceman, muleskinner is pulling a bit of linguistic manipulation to achieve higher ground: talking down to you as if disagreeing with mule was equivalent of simply being childish. I.e., mule is the grown-up, and you are the child. It puts the "child" on defense with all arguments futile because, after all, they spring from "childishness."
It reveals a lot more about muleskinner than it does about you or about your suggestion to shake up the Republican party. Myself, I've written it off. It stands for zilch. Individual Republicans who are true limited government conservatives, would do well to look elsewhere than the Republican party to establish a philosophical identity.