Interesting idea! The Washington establishment is unlikely to change the primary election system that favors them though.
When the Whig Party was in power pundits said that the republican party was not a viable third political party. If what you say about third political parties is true, how did the Republican Party replace the Whig Party?
Different times. Just like today, it is much, much harder to start your own car company (and be successful) than in 1910, or start your own computer company....
The whig party collapsed but today the events that led to that collapse are more difficult. I’d like to see the GOP replaced entirely. I still think there is much more potential to eject progressive GOP from power replacing them than creating a new party though I’m very supportive of the idea.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whig_Party_(United_States)
Whigs said if you vote in the Republicans there will be a bloody Civil War-—650,000 Americans died but the slavery question was solved—sort of. Maybe we need to bing back the Whigs! Or the Federalists? Or the Know Nothings Wait—we don’t need to resurect the Know Nothings—we have Democrats.