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[ Anything else is a Pyrrhic victory, where those leaving will definitely feel good, but would have a) no impact and b) just gave the Dems the perfect gift. ]

You seem to ignore what is actually going on.. Soon maybe already is that the republican party is almost totally RINOs. Ignoring that republicans are leaving the party in droves forces a false tactic.. They are leaving and more will leave.. and not a drip drip drip either..

The liberal forces are massive.. not just the President and Congress.. but the media, Unions(Police, Firefighters, teachers, and most all givernment workers [fed,state and local] ..).. Hollywood, Newspapers, Mags, TV, Cable, and not a small part of the internet.. Academia, other schools.. contractors and their minions..

It’s not just the republican party.. and voter fraud..
Crazy is doing the same thing over and over again expecting something to change.. Are you crazy?..

I agree with you that the Liberal Machine ('LM') is far bigger than Obama and his congresscritters, but what I am asking is what effect starting a third-party will have? Apart from a one-off 'feel good' effect that has no lasting impact apart from making the LM hegemony stronger due to a more diffuse opposition? Furthermore, changing the GOP from the inside would be bloody difficult, but a form of that was accomplished in 2010. The only problem is those gains were wasted.

Finally, I totally agree that the epitome of insanity is doing the same thing constantly while anticipating different outcomes. That's true. However, doesn't that apply to third parties as well??? Looking at the Libertarian Party, which is taken as a joke, or the Constitutional Party, which has even worse performance than the Green Party even, makes me wonder.

RINOs and Conservatives are, unfortunately, linked symbiotically. One cannot win without the other. The problem is that the RINOs have been driving everything for decades, and Conservatives have let it happen. What about taking over driving duties?

Now, I will be the first to say that might not be possible. The odds may be too potent. Maybe the reason the Tea Party storm was successful in 2010 is because the RINOs, and the LM in general, were simply not aware such a thing can occur and, now, they are ready to squish it in the bud. All that is possible.

All the same, I find it a whole lot less insane than starting (yet) another third-party, especially considering that the largest third-party (the Libertarians) couldn't even garner a single seat in the House or Senate, and the most conservative (the Constitutional Party) isn't even bigger than the (overtly) socialist/environmentalist Green Party.

What effect will starting another third-party have ...that is apart from a Pyrrhic 'feel good' while the LM goes from simply having persistence (due to it's control of media etc) to having pure dominance (due to diffusion of opposition)? I may be wrong (probably am), but I think controlling the RINOs seems like something that could work.