A third party now, when conservatives are close to taking over the Republican party, would be a disaster.
Instead, conservatives should pitch to Libertarians that they will get more of what they want from conservatives than they ever would from liberal-leftists.
And if the Libertarians join with conservatives to overthrow the current Republican leadership, conservatives would likely reward them with more than expected liberty.
What they should do, is do what the Conservative Party in NY state has done all along, but on a national scale: Endorse Republican candidates who share your views, or run someone if the Republican wants to be a RINO.
The LP should remain its own party, but they should start endorsing conservatives in the primaries, and run candidates in hopelessly blue states where the Republican doesn't stand a chance.
You wrote: when conservatives are close to taking over the Republican party.....
You mean like “the Republicans almost grabbed victory out of the mouth of defeat but then compromised, lost their spine, and when the money changers told them to vote their way and do what were told to do ...... then turned and snatched defeat from the mouth of victory.
As lemmings, you think we should simply sit on the political rail-road tracks and wait for the train to Auschwitz or actually do something about it.....LIKE FORMING A NEW THIRD PARTY.
At least if we go down to Marxism and Communism, we actually did something about it by not waiting for the Republican party to help load us on the trains.