The conservative one that will emerge in the next 6 to 8 months. It'll take between 10 to 15 % of the conservative vote and assure that Hillary gets the White House. I'd be wiling to bet that this has been in the works for a while and much of the funding if traced back far enough would come from Soros and company.
It's too easy and obvious not to do it. Have the media push a candidate for the Republicans that has unpopular views with the far right base then use a 3rd party candidate to peel away the 10-15% you need to win. That's how I'd do it if I were trying to get Hillary into office.
I guess it doesn't occur to many in the GOP leadership that the best way to avoid a conservative rift is to NOT push a guy at the far left of the party as the nominee.
If Soros didn't pay for it, it's a sure thing he and his kind are loving it.
The best way to win the fight for the "moderate" swing voter is to have the best and strongest message. If that message is socialism, then we've lost anyway. Having both primary candidates for president espousing socialism to get the middle... means there is no victory to be had.
Why is this so hard for our GOP "leadership" to understand?
There will be no conservative third party just the typical collection of fruits and nuts who make up the five or six Turd parties already in existence. The <2% Implacables will do what they always do: threaten, criticize and sulk.
Meanwhile the REAL party will go on, evaluate the reasons for the Conservative wipeout last fall and try for victory.