The Tea Party Patriots are sincere people and will (mostly) see through this leftist "going rOUge" kind of trick.
I hope so.
A third party is a fool’s errand. It can only succeed in electing more Dimocraps.
There are already third parties out there; the Conservative Party, the Constitution Party and the Libertarian Party that already promote some or most of the conservative’s core issues.
But all of these people if they were in active and vocal in the Republican Party they would have much more influence and impact on the countries future.
By being on the outside they have little or no influence.
The only thing they gain by being in these small third parties is comradery and people to listen to them complain.