These next two election cycles will be the fight for the soul of the Republican party. I don’t think we can win against the insiders.
What will it take to shock the insiders into realizing they can’t win without the conservative base? An election where the entire base sits on its hands and the Republican only get 25% of the vote? Hey, the Dems already have complete control of everything. It’s not like we would be giving them any more power they don’t already have.
We are seeing the disintegration of the Whig party all over again. The question is what (and how) the replacement will be formed (and who will form it.)
This comes from someone that has been opposed to 3rd partys for a long time, but the time has come.