[Norm Lenhart]

Find me a single flaw in this logic.

“If you keep doing the same thing for 30 years and end up with a more liberal party than when you began, who is now fully supportive of leftist policies on immigration/borders/homosexuality/marriage ect, you should stop doing that”

Just one.

[noiseman]

There is one obvious flaw there: The only thing that conservatives have been doing the same for the last 30 years (for the most part) is NOT running serious primary opponents. It is only since the recent advent of the Tea Party that conservatives have gotten serious about opposing their own party, and their successes have ALL come as a result of successful primary challenges. Name one Tea Party candidate who won in a general election by running as anything other than a Republican.

I'm with you 100% in spirit, but until someone builds a party machine to equal the existing Republican mechanism voting for anyone other than the Republican in a general election will accomplish absolutely nothing positive, and will only lead to more Democrats being elected. It's not complicated - that's the only possible outcome, unfortunately.

That's why the only rational strategy is to use the primary system to change the party from within. It's also important to get involved in the internal party machinations, beginning at the caucus level. If enough conservatives got involved in the party itself, instead of sitting in the corner and pouting by casting meaningless protest votes, things would change.