I agree 100% with the author. I think we should coalesce around a POTUS candidate and work out the details later. I would support Rand Paul, not quite the distant libertarian that his father was, but more well grounded in conservative principles.
Rand Paul - Allen West 2016 (or sooner)!
http://nation.foxnews.com/2016-presidential-race/2012/11/21/rand-paul-2016
Coalescing around a candidate will serve only that candidate, and then not that well. If we do the ground work now, we will have the credibility and structure necessary to effectively field a Presidential candidate. If we jump the gun however, we will just take our place alongside the other minor parties that never get more than single digits in the elections.
Electoral politics is a brutal survival of the fittest contest.
As George Allen has proven again, never ever EVER nominate a proven loser for anything.
West couldn’t hold his own seat. He should never be nominated for statewide or national office. Period.