[deaconjim]

That was my suggestion (I am the author of this blog (thank you possum john)). The only thing we will accomplish by going off half-cocked is to become yet another minor party that never gets off the ground.

[mrsmith]

Frankly then all this is distractive and even antiproductive.
Though you know your audience best, and your priciples are sound, the attainment of a conservative Party is not helped by defining it. Just do it!
Just work to get that 20 or 30 more conservatives in the House.
It’s so simple and everything else is beside the point.

And don’t fall for the fiscal/social conservative divide meme.
The fiscal/social liberal divide doesn’t get attention for the simple reason it doesn’t matter either.

Thanks for writing on these issues and Happy Thanksgiving!